Việt Nam News

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Hoài Trung on December 31 received outgoing Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Việt Nam Mohammed Ismaeil A. Dahlwy, reaffirming that Việt Nam highly evaluates Saudi Arabia’s role and stature in the region and the world.

State President Lương Cường on December 31 received the Ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and the Philippines, who came to say goodbye at the end of their tenures in Việt Nam.

Also on this occasion, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính cabled a congratulatory message to Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, while National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn extended congratulations to Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba.

The officers have been carefully vetted and fully meet the United Nation’s stringent standards.

Việt Nam's top diplomat underscored the “pioneering” and “core” role of diplomacy in shaping and safeguarding a peaceful and stable environment, while helping to mobilise synergistic national strength for the country’s next phase of development.

President Lương Cường called on the office’s management and staff to uphold a proactive, responsible and united spirit, strengthen coordination and successfully fulfil assigned tasks in the new year. 

Việt Nam and Indonesia have just celebrated the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations. The two countries are planning to cooperate in new pillars of sustainable development, including emission reduction and carbon storage technology.

Initial results in the implementation of the key Resolution 57 have helped raise the contribution of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation to the national GDP to over 16.4 per cent.

Việt Nam is prepared to dispatch experts and encourage partnerships between its SMEs and Algerian startups.

The HCM City-based Việt Nam Coast Guard Region No. 3 Command on Tuesday (December 30) officially launched its 2026 emulation movement calling on officers and soldiers to further promote unity, discipline and creativity to fulfill assigned tasks.

Breakthroughs are not limited to introducing a few new initiatives, but involve renewing thinking to dare touch on demonstrated bottlenecks, institutions, organisational structures, human resource quality, governance capacity and public service discipline, so that the country operates more smoothly, fairly, transparently, and effectively.

Emphasising the need to create an enabling environment for young people to express themselves, contribute and grow, he called on the Youth Union to continue effectively implementing key movements focusing on foreign language learning, information technology and digital transformation, and environmental protection.

Journalists are called upon to enhance their sense of political responsibility and professional ethics, uphold the spirit of Việt Nam’s revolutionary journalism, and fulfil their role as soldiers on the ideological and cultural front

The aid package is expected to help local residents overcome the consequences of natural disasters and stabilise their daily lives.

Local authorities and border gate management forces on both sides have implemented legal documents on the land border and relevant bilateral cooperation agreements, while actively advising on the development of smart border gates to promote trade, investment and socio-economic development.

To date, difficulties have been addressed or identified for resolution in 5,203 projects. Of these, 3,289 projects involving about 70,000 hectares of land and a total investment capital of around VNĐ1.67 quadrillion (US$63.58 billion) have been unlocked and put back into use

Local authorities and border gate management forces on both sides implemented the three legal documents on the land border and relevant bilateral cooperation agreements, while actively advising on the development of smart border gates to promote trade, investment and socio-economic development.

Party General Secretary Tô Lâm has called for a fundamental renewal of cadre training and development, stressing that it must be closely aligned with the effective implementation of the Party’s strategic decisions, as he addressed a year-end conference of the Hồ Chí Minh National Academy of Politics in Hà Nội.