☀️ Morning digest on September 10

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

☀️ Morning digest on September 10

Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

- Party General Secretary To Lam presided over a meeting on implementing the Politburo's Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in education and training development in Hanoi on September 9.

Addressing the event, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW has garnered widespread attention from teachers, parents, students, and experts, reflecting strong consensus and confidence that this is a timely and sound step, reinforcing public trust in the education sector’s strategic reforms. Read full story

- The Politburo’s Working Group No.1, led by State President and Politburo member Luong Cuong, held working sessions with the Standing Boards of the Ca Mau and Hung Yen provincial Party Committees on September 9 to review preparations for the provincial Party congresses for the 2025 – 2030 tenure.

Group members gave feedback on key draft documents for the provincial Party congresses, including political reports, reports reviewing the leadership and direction of the Standing Boards, personnel plans, the draft resolutions of the congresses, and action programmes to implement the resolutions. Read full story

- Permanent Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh presided over a meeting on September 9 with leaders of ministries and sectors to assess the enforcement of laws on decentralisation, delegation of authority, and delineation of responsibilities, as well as finalise a report for submission to the Politburo.

Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra reported that all 16 ministries and ministerial-level agencies, along with 30 of 34 localities, submitted assessments identifying obstacles in implementing the legal framework on decentralisation and delegation. The ministry coordinated closely with the Ministry of Justice and the Government Office to ensure consistent and reliable data. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired Politburo working sessions with the Standing Boards of the Party Committees of Tay Ninh and Tuyen Quang provinces to give feedback on draft documents and personnel plans for the upcoming provincial Party Congresses for the 2025-2030 tenure.

The Politburo’s working group No.2 reviewed the key draft documents to be submitted to the congresses, including political reports, ones on the leadership and direction of the provincial Party Committees’ Standing Boards for 2020-2025, personnel plans, and congress resolutions. Read full story

- Acting Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and Lao Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane discussed ways to strengthen ties between their ministries and countries during their phone talks on September 9.

Thongsavanh congratulated Vietnam on the successful organisation of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day, while praising Vietnam’s significant and comprehensive diplomatic achievements. The official credited the enhanced Laos–Vietnam relationship to important contributions by Vietnam’s diplomatic sector. Read full story

- Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc on September 9 held a working session with Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam Choi Young Sam and representatives of Korean businesses.

Deputy PM Phoc noted that Vietnam and the RoK are enjoying the most robust period of their relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties. The RoK is Vietnam’s largest foreign investor with accumulated FDI of 87 billion USD, while two-way trade has reached 81.5 billion USD. People-to-people exchanges are also vibrant, with some 350,000 Vietnamese living in the RoK and over 200,000 Koreans in Vietnam. Read full story

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Alejandro Gomez Vega, Vice President of Cuba's Prensa Latina news agency and Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Pictorial Nguyen Thang sign a cooperation agreement on printing and distributing the Spanish-language edition of Vietnam Pictorial on September 25, 2023. (Photo: VNA)

- Alejandro Gomez Vega, Vice President of Cuba's Prensa Latina news agency, has hailed the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) as a bridge of friendship, fostering friendship and mutual understanding between Vietnam and nations worldwide, including Cuba.

Talking with Vietnam News Agency (VNA) correspondents in Havana on the occasion of the VNA’s 80th founding anniversary and the 65th anniversary of Vietnam–Cuba diplomatic ties, Vega recalled that since Vietnam’s fight against French colonialism, the VNA has been a key information bridge for the Vietnamese Party, State, and people. Read full story

- Vietnam is entering a new era of national rise toward the goal of becoming a developed nation, with more opportunities than challenges ahead, according to Professor Vu Minh Khuong from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.

Speaking to Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Singapore, Professor Khuong highlighted Vietnam’s progress in the key sectors of urban development, steel production, and automobile manufacturing. Read full story

- The National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance announced that the consumer price index (CPI) last month rose 0.05% month-on-month and increased 3.24% year-on-year.

Prices of eight groups of goods and services raised last month, while three groups declined compared to July./. Read full story

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A village hit by flash floods in Muong Than commune, Lai Chau province (Photo: VNA)

Floods, landslides wreak havoc on northern mountainous region

Total economic losses were estimated at about 255 billion VND (nearly 9.7 million USD), with Lai Chau accounting for the largest share of the damage with 190 billion VND, followed by Son La with 46.04 billion VND, Lao Cai with 16.7 billion VND, and Dien Bien with 2.3 billion VND.

The particularly serious coach accident, which occurrs at 00:20 in Chuong Duong commune on the Phap Van–Cau Gie–Cao Bo–Mai Son–National Highway 45–Nghi Son route. (Photo published by VNA)

PM orders urgent probe into deadly coach overturn on Hanoi expressway

An official dispatch, issued following the particularly serious coach accident, which occurred at 00:20 a.m. in Chuong Duong Commune on the Phap Van–Cau Gie–Cao Bo–Mai Son–National Highway 45–Nghi Son route, was sent to the ministers of Public Security and Construction, as well as the chairpersons of provincial and municipal People's Committees.

The story of Elza Le Floch, Celeste Perotteau-Giraud, and Wyatt Lelouche is published in the Nice Matin newspaper (Photo published by VNA)

Three young French volunteers embark on humanitarian journey to Vietnam

While many French students have just completed their secondary school examinations and are preparing for their summer break, Elza Le Floch, Celeste Perotteau-Giraud and Wyatt Lelouche have embarked on a different journey. On July 15, the three members of the Scouts and Guides of France group in Menton left Nice for Xuyen Moc in Ho Chi Minh City.

At a classroom for hearing-and-speech impaired children in Bac Ninh province. (Photo: VNA)

Legal assistance project nears finish line with 95% of goals met

Legal support policies only matter when citizens know they exist, can tap into them, and receive quality service. That’s especially true for the poor, the disabled, ethnic minorities, children, domestic violence victims, and those battered by disasters and disease outbreaks.

Efforts to safeguard religious values in digital age

Efforts to safeguard religious values in digital age

Digital transformation is changing not only how people work and communicate but also how they practice their faith. A Buddhist sermon can now attract tens of thousands of online viewers. A Protestant believer in a remote area can join a Bible study class via smartphone. Religious activities once closely tied to places of worship are increasingly taking place in cyberspace.

Delegates tour the facilities of the industrial innovation centre at Eastern International University in Binh Duong ward, Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)

Digital, AI competencies made mandatory for university graduates

Under Circular No. 54/2026/TT-BGDDT on higher education curricula, learning outcomes must be defined as measurable and assessable competencies, providing the basis for curriculum design, teaching, assessment, quality improvement, credit recognition and degree awarding.

Nguyen Thuy Hang, Director of the Writers Association Publishing House, is questioned at the security agency for investigation under the Hanoi Department of Public Security. (Photo published by VNA)

Publishers detained over alleged anti-State propanganda

The move was made as part of an expanded investigation into a criminal case involving Nguyen Thanh Nam, who is accused of “making, storing, distributing or spreading information, documents and items aimed at sabotaging the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”