Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng praises decades of sacrifice while urging the force to adapt to high-tech, transnational crime threats.
NA Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn urges unity among overseas Vietnamese while highlighting legal reforms to ease investment, residency and community protection.
Việt Nam's top legislator urged Istanbul's Honorary Consul to push for a bilateral free trade agreement and Türkiye's recognition of Việt Nam as a full market economy, as the two sides eye a US$4 billion trade target.
The requirement applies to foreign nationals entering Việt Nam and overseas Vietnamese using visas. It does not apply to Vietnamese citizens travelling on Vietnamese passports or passengers in transit who do not pass through immigration.
The People's Daily said the leadership of a communist party is the most essential feature and biggest strength of socialism, adding that safeguarding the socialist system and the Parties' leadership role is the largest shared strategic interest of both sides.
The two leaders agreed to enhance parliamentary cooperation through promoting all-level delegation exchanges, closer engagement between friendship parliamentary groups, and sharing of legislative and oversight experiences to create a favourable legal framework for bilateral collaboration, thus further deepening the friendship and multi-faceted cooperation between Việt Nam and Türkiye.
NA Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn suggested Belgium continue supporting and accompanying Việt Nam in the next development period by expanding all-round collaboration, especially in areas matching Belgium's strengths and Việt Nam's demand.
Both sides agreed to further deepen political ties, increase delegation exchanges, especially among parliamentary leaders, and enhance the sharing of legislative experiences.
The top legislator of Việt Nam proposed that both sides deepen political and diplomatic connections, as well as parliamentary cooperation, through delegation exchanges, high-level meetings through various channels, and the successful organisation of a visit to Việt Nam by the Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council and a trip to Russia by the NA Chairman to co-chair the 5th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee in 2026.
A Chinese expert has paid attention to Party General Secretary and President Tô Lâm's visit to the Xiong'an New Area, meeting with youth representatives of both countries together with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, and experience of high-speed rail travel.
During the visit, the two sides are likely to outline steps towards the US$150 billion bilateral trade target by 2030, marking a shift from traditional manufacturing cooperation to a broader technology and innovation-driven partnership.
Regarding orientations to strengthen cooperation between the Vietnamese NA and the IPU in the future, Chairman Mẫn underscored the need to foster parliamentary cooperation in science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, green transition, and sustainable development.
The two sides highlighted strong complementarities, particularly in hi-tech industry, digital transformation and cross-border innovation networks, especially after new railway links connect Guangxi with Vietnamese localities, including Hà Nội.
The visit was a success, contributing to strengthening the traditional friendship between Việt Nam and China, accelerating the building of a Việt Nam–China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, and promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the region and beyond.
Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng instructed them to review, update and supplement their task lists with clearly defined outputs and timelines, in order to promptly operationalise the Government’s action programme implementing the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress, the Party Central Committee’s Conclusion No.18 and strategic resolutions of the Politburo.
The objective is set out in the Memorandum of Understanding on Norway-Việt Nam Green Strategic Partnership, signed on Friday morning at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment headquarters in Hà Nội.
Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm expressed his hope that Guangxi University and other educational institutions in the region would continue acting as bridges of knowledge and culture, expanding cooperation with Vietnamese universities and training more talent for both countries
The visit marks a new stage in bilateral relations as Việt Nam advances its development goals following the 14th National Party Congress, while China implements its 15th Five-Year Socio-Economic Plan.
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