☀️ Morning digest on September 4

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

☀️ Morning digest on September 4

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

- Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong on September 3 had a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on the occasion of his attendance at the 80th anniversary of the world people's victory over fascism and working trip to China.

President Cuong said he was pleased to meet President Putin for the first time in his capacity as Vietnam’s head of state. He stressed that the Vietnamese Party, Government, and people deeply value and remain grateful for the support provided by the former Soviet Union and today’s Russia during Vietnam’s struggle for independence and reunification, as well as national construction and defence. Read full story

- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged Vietnamese and Cuban enterprises to join hands for practical and effective cooperation outcomes, following the agreement by Party General Secretary To Lam and Cuban First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez to deepen economic, trade, and investment cooperation.

Addressing a recent business meeting held by the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam, the co-chair of the Vietnam-Cuba Intergovernmental Committee, PM Chinh, underlined the need to expand partnership between the two nations in strategic sectors such as agriculture, solar energy, and biopharmaceuticals. Read full story

- The central steering committee for the celebrations of major national holidays and important historic events for 2023–2025 has extended its heartfelt thanks to leaders, veterans, citizens, armed forces, and international friends, who made the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day a resounding success.

The activities commemorating the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945 – August 19, 2025) and the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1945 – September 2, 2025), particularly the solemn commemoration ceremony, military parade and march at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi, were celebrated as a resounding success and a true grand festival of the entire nation. They affirmed the contemporary significance and enduring vitality of the August Revolution and the National Day, vigorously promoting patriotic traditions, national pride, and the great unity strength of the entire people while generating momentum and aspirations for dedication towards a peaceful, prosperous, and thriving Vietnam. Read full story

- Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Le Cong Thanh has urged ASEAN member countries to take more decisive and substantive action to protect the environment, towards a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient future for the region.

In his speech delivered at the 18th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME-18) and 20th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (COP-20 AATHP) and related meetings in Langkawi, Malaysia on September 3, Thanh highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in environmental protection and climate change response, noting significant improvements across multiple indicators. Read full story

- The four-day National Day holiday from August 30 – September 2 gave a boost to Vietnam’s tourism, with a surge in both domestic and international visitors, contributing to driving the sector’s post-pandemic recovery and growth.

A wide range of cultural events, festivals, and promotional programmes were held nationwide, drawing large crowds of visitors. These positive results bring Vietnam closer to its 2025 targets of welcoming 25 million international arrivals and 150 million domestic tourists. Read full story

- The 12th Tourism Promotion Organisation for Global Cities (TPO) General Assembly opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 3 under the theme of “Shaping the Future of Tourism: Embracing Digital and Green Transformation.”

The event was hosted by the municipal Department of Tourism, marking a milestone in the city’s strategy to affirm its standing on the international tourism map while strengthening diplomatic ties and fostering cooperation with cities worldwide. Read full story./.

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the third National Forum on Digital Economy and Digital Society in Hanoi on December 20. (Photo: VNA)

Digital economy as driver, digital society as foundation of growth: PM

The forum, themed “Developing an inclusive and comprehensive digital economy and digital society to achieve double-digit GDP growth in the 2026–2030 period,” brought together leaders of ministries and localities, technology enterprises, research institutions, experts and representatives of international organisations in Vietnam.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang (R) and Benoit Guidée, Director of the Asia–Oceania Department at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs meet in Hanooi on December 19. (Photo: VNA)

Deputy FM meets French official

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang stressed that Vietnam attaches great importance to its relationship with France, the first European Union country with which Vietnam has established a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, noting that the two sides enjoy a solid foundation and significant potential for further cooperation.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu speaks at the event in Hanoi on December 19 (Photo: VNA)

Senior Party official reviews preparations for 14th National Party Congress

Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu expressed his belief that relevant agencies will continue to make efforts to basically complete organisation- and service-related preparations by December 31, ensuring readiness for the final rehearsals ahead of the opening of the 14th National Party Congress.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addressing the conference of the the Ministry of Industry and Trade on December 19 (Photo: VNA)

PM urges industry, trade sector to pioneer in six key areas

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed that to make a substantive contribution to national development, the industry and trade sector must also achieve double-digit growth, generate new jobs, strengthen traditional growth drivers such as export and consumption, and accelerate emerging engines of growth, including the green, digital, circular, knowledge-based and sharing economies.

State President Luong Cuong (middle) presents congratulatory flowers to the two promoted officers (Photo: VNA)

Two military officers promoted to rank of Senior Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General Do Xuan Tung, Vice Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), and Lieutenant General Do Van Banh, Political Commissar of the National Defence Academy were promoted to the rank of Senior Lieutenant General at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 19.

Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone (R) hosts a reception for Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam Nguyen Huy Tien. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam–Laos step up cooperation in procuracy sector

They highly valued the effective and substantive cooperation results achieved by the Supreme People’s Procuracies of Vietnam and Laos in recent years, and called on both sides to continue enhancing coordination, stepping up exchanges of delegations at all levels, sharing professional and technical experience, and maintaining and expanding training and capacity-building programmes for officials.

NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man and other leaders, former leaders at the 4th Dien Hong Awards honouring journalistic works on the NA and People’s Councils in Hanoi on December 18, 2025. (Photo: daibieunhandan.vn)

NA Chairman urges journalists to reflect legislature's strategic vision

The NA leader expressed his confidence that in 2026, journalists will continue to uphold their responsibility, report objectively and from multiple perspectives, accompany the NA in conveying its activities promptly and comprehensively, and identify shortcomings in law-making and legal enforcement to help people-elected agencies operate more effectively and efficiently.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) receives Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane in Hanoi on December 18, 2025. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister calls for stronger Vietnam–Laos economic connectivity

Receiving Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane in Hanoi on December 18, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed that the two sides further strengthen economic connectivity, coordinate closely and share development experience for the tangible benefit of the two peoples.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man (R) and Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane in Hanoi on December 18 (Photo: VNA)

Top legislator receives Lao foreign minister in Hanoi

The top legislator requested that the two sides continue to work closely together to effectively implement the Vietnam-Laos Joint Statement, the intergovernmental cooperation agreement, and bilateral cooperation programmes, thereby contributing to preserving and developing the bilateral special traditional friendship.