Viet Nam and Japan on November 9 issued a Joint Vision Statement on during the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam’s official visit to Japan from November 8-11.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam, accompanied by his spouse and a high-level Vietnamese delegation, will pay an official visit to Japan from November 8 to 11.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam attended a ceremony hosted by the Ha Noi Party Committee on November 4 to award 80-, 75-and 70-year Party membership badges to 31 members of the municipal Party Organisation.

Achieving double-digit growth requires unlocking all available resources, primarily those from within. At the second meeting of the Central Steering Committee for the Development of Vietnamese Culture, General Secretary and President To Lam emphasised the need to establish culture as a pillar of development and a new driver of growth. He called for expanding cultural industries and quantifying contributions by individual sectors and localities.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam on November 2 called for a fundamental shift in the approach to logistics development, from expanding services to building national logistics capacity, describing it as a strategic factor in strengthening Viet Nam's competitiveness, economic autonomy and resilience.

The 8th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to take place in four phases, with discussions focusing on 35 draft laws and resolutions, according to the NA Office.

As part of his official visit to the European Union and Belgium, 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 met with officials and staff of the Vietnamese representative agencies in Belgium and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Europe in Brussels on the evening of October 21 (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam and Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen held talks in Copenhagen on October 20, agreeing to adopt a joint statement on upgrading the two countries’ relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

As part of his official visit to China, President of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tran Thanh Man received Zhao Yide, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shaanxi province, which is the cradle of the Chinese revolution and holds memories of the years when President Ho Chi Minh stood shoulder to shoulder with generations of Chinese leaders in their arduous revolutionary struggle, in Xi’an city on October 13.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra requested activities must leave strong impact right from the first year of implementation so that November 24 becomes an annual occasion that people eagerly anticipate and actively participate in.

National Assembly (NA) President Tran Thanh Man toured the Nanmofang township legislative liaison station in Beijing’s Chaoyang district shortly after arriving for an official visit to China on October 11.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung had a meeting with President of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Sonexay Siphandone in Vientiane on October 8, affirming the importance Viet Nam attaches to the great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic cohesion between the two countries.

The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on October 6 issued a press release saying that Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung will pay an official visit to Cambodia from October 9-10 at the invitation of his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet.