Briefing participants on the nation's situation, NA Chairman Man said that despite numerous challenges in 2025, including complicated developments of natural disasters and floods, the country recorded many important and comprehensive achievements under the Party’s leadership, the Government’s decisive management and the unity of the people.
Speaking at the event on January 30, Vice Chairman of Saint Petersburg’s Committee for External Relations Vyacheslav Kalganov affirmed that the Congress was a political event of decisive significance to all aspects of Vietnam’s social life, as well as the country’s development path over the next five years and beyond.
Highlighting key tasks in the time ahead, the NA Chairman urged the city’s Election Committee to continue reviewing, compiling, updating and publicly posting voter lists to ensure citizens’ voting rights, with special attention to areas with specific characteristics such as industrial parks and export-processing zones, stressing that no voter must be missed or mistakenly recorded.
The articles underscored a set of strategic solutions rooted in renewed thinking, designed to steer the country into an era of peace, independence, democracy, prosperity, civilisation, and happiness under continued socialist orientation.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam has received numerous congratulatory letters and messages from leaders of political parties, countries and international organisations over the past days.
VinFast on January 31 officially unveiled its international business strategy for electric scooters, identifying five initial key markets: the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Thailand and Malaysia.
The disruptions emerged in late January at a number of road, sea and air border checkpoints after Decree 46/2026/ND-CP on food safety management took effect on January 26.
According to PM Chinh, the new policies must focus on optimising State resources, improving governance, promoting digitalisation and green development, and balancing State and private sector resources, while reducing unnecessary administrative intervention.
Inspecting preparations for the elections of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 tenure, the NA Chairman urge local leaders to maintain seamless coordination from the provincial to the grassroots levels.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to Cambodia for a state visit at the invitation of Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni.
Party General Secretary To Lam called on Dien Bien to strengthen the capabilities of commune-level officials, ensuring they possess strong qualifications, proficiency in applying sci-tech and innovation, and a high degree of enthusiasm and responsibility.
The author, a senior researcher at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), wrote that the Congress’s unanimously re-elect General Secretary To Lam for another five years clearly reflected a choice for stability and continuity amid increasingly complex regional and international developments.
The two ministers shared views on recent developments in their respective parties and countries. They agreed to resume and effectively maintain bilateral cooperation mechanisms, beginning with the fourth meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee and political consultations between the two foreign ministries.
Dong Thap has rolled out preparations in a synchronous and unified manner, with early engagement and close coordination among Party committees, local administrations, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees, mass organisations, and the provincial delegation of NA deputies.
Vietnam values its traditional friendship with Sweden - one of Vietnam’s leading partners in Northern Europe, stressed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on January 30 announced that the Investigation Security Agency of the Public Security Department of Dak Lak province has issued a decision to initiate criminal proceedings against and detain Nguyen Dinh Thang for the charge of “terrorism” as stipulated in Clause 2, Article 299 of the Penal Code.
Party General Secretary To Lam and RoK President Lee Jae Myung agreed to further consolidate political trust as a firm foundation for strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership through enhanced high-level and all-level exchanges, expanded defence and security cooperation, and the implementation of defence industry and military trade projects.
General Secretary To Lam highly valued the Vietnam – Singapore relationship over the past more than 50 years, especially since the two countries upgraded ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2025.
Professor Ezequiel Ramoneda, Coordinator of the Southeast Asian Studies Centre (CESEA) of Argentina spoke highly of Vietnam’s efforts to reform the administrative apparatus, enhance the effectiveness of state governance, accelerate digital transformation and streamline procedures. These measures, he said, are essential to improving productivity, reducing costs and better serving the people amid rapidly changing domestic and international conditions.
Vietnam’s participation left three clear imprints, marking a qualitative shift from “deep integration” to “full integration,” with a more proactive, constructive, and responsible role in addressing regional and global issues.
The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.
The special envoy stressed that the CPC Central Committee and Party General Secretary and President Xi support the CPV Central Committee, led by General Secretary To Lam, in guiding the Vietnamese people to successfully implement the Resolution of the Congress and build socialism suited to Vietnam’s conditions.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and a high ranking Vietnamese delegation will pay a state visit to Laos on February 5 at the invitation of Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos.
Party General Secretary To Lam, on behalf of the 14th-tenure Politburo, signed Decision No. 05-QDNS/TW on January 30 assigning Politburo members to join the 14th Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.
The Vietnamese Government leader particularly emphasised the need for Texhong to pursue in-depth investment, focusing on the application of science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, green production and smart governance. He stressed a shift towards greater reliance on knowledge and technology rather than labour, raw materials and land, in order to optimise the group’s operations and enhance efficiency.
PM Pham Minh Chinh, also the head of the committee, directed the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Construction to coordinate in identifying key projects under the medium-term public investment plan, ensuring that by 2030 Vietnam achieves the target of completing at least 5,000 km of roads as set out in the 14th National Party Congress Resolution.
Welcoming the special envoy, General Secretary Lam emphasised that the visit carries profound political significance, reflecting the high priority, deep respect, and sincere friendship of the Chinese Party, State, and people towards their Vietnamese counterparts, as well as the long-standing solidarity and close bonds between the two Communist Parties.
In recent years, based on the 2010 memorandum of understanding and the 2018 joint vision statement, the Vietnam-Australia defence cooperation has been actively implemented in many areas, such as delegation exchanges, dialogue and consultations, training, United Nations peacekeeping, cooperation between services and arms, war legacy remediation, and multilateral defence collaboration, particularly within the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus framework.
