State President Luong Cuong proposed some major cooperation directions for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) while addressing the second plenary session of the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju city, the Republic of Korea, on November 1 morning.

On the morning of October 30, in Lai Chau Province, the Joint Working Group between four Vietnamese border provinces of Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, and Dien Bien and China’s Yunnan Province held its 11th meeting to review the implementation of the 10th meeting minutes and sign a new cooperation agreement for the coming period.

On the afternoon of October 29, in Lai Chau Province, Comrade Hau A Lenh, Member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Tuyen Quang Provincial Party Committee, held a bilateral meeting with Comrade Wang Ning, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, on the occasion of their participation in the 5th Annual Conference of Party Secretaries of Vietnamese and Chinese provinces.

Party General Secretary To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attended a seminar with leading strategists on artificial intelligence (AI) and technology in the UK and the world, which was held in London on October 28, within the framework of their official visit to the UK.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, together with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, departed Ha Noi on October 28 for a three-day official visit to the UK.

Viet Nam values its traditional friendship with South Africa, its close friend and first African partner with which it established a partnership for cooperation and development framework in 2004, State President Luong Cuong told visiting South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa during their talks in Ha Noi on October 23.

Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Helsinki on October 22 afternoon (local time), concluding their three-day official visit to Finland at the invitation of Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

The National Assembly (NA) listened to the proposal and verification report on the draft amended Law on Public Employees on the morning of October 22, as part of its 10th session.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and a high-ranking delegation of Viet Nam arrived at Helsinki Airport on October 20 evening, starting an official visit to Finland at the invitation of Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on October 19 chaired a meeting between the Standing Board of the NA Party Committee and heads of Party groups overseeing delegations of NA deputies from provinces and centrally-run cities ahead of the 10th session of the 15th legislature – the final session of this tenure.

The 13th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM), the 14th Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response (AADMER), and related meetings took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on October 15.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has signed a Resolution laying out Viet Nam’s legislative agenda for 2026.

The first congress of the Government’s Party Organisation for the 2025-2030 tenure concluded successfully on October 13, completing all items on its agenda after two days of intensive, responsible, and productive discussions.

As part of its working program, a delegation from Tuyen Quang province, led by Comrade Hoang Gia Long, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, paid a working visit to Anseong City, Republic of Korea, on October 9.