Việt Nam News

Vilay Lakhamfong, Politburo Member and Standing Member of the Secretariat of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee, will lead a high-ranking Lao delegation on an official visit to Việt Nam from October 14 to 16.

Writing in the museum’s guestbook, President of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Trần Thanh Mẫn expressed his pleasure at visiting the museum and wished that the traditional friendship, Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and the Việt Nam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance will remain evergreen and endure for generations to come.

The top leader called for the effective implementation of the Party’s military and defence guidelines and the strategy for safeguarding the Fatherland in the new situation, in line with local conditions.

The law sets out the procedures for Việt Nam to request mutual legal assistance in criminal matters from foreign countries, covering the preparation, submission and processing of requests, the supplementation of information, and the notification and legal validity of results of the execution of requests. Below is Part 2 of the law.

National Assembly (NA) President Trần Thanh Mẫn met with a delegation of Chinese friendship figures led by Yang Wanming, President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), in Beijing on October 12, as part of his official visit to China.

The Khmer Times, in a Sunday article headlined “Vietnamese PM wraps up official visit to Cambodia with key trade and security pacts”, reported that the two PMs witnessed the signing of six agreements spanning national security, drug prevention and control, trade, culture and education.

National Assembly President Trần Thanh Mẫn reaffirmed that the Party and State regard overseas Vietnamese as an inseparable part of the nation and are committed to mobilising their potential and supporting their legitimate interests.

Ambassador Đỗ Hùng Việt, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the United Nations said as it updates its legal framework, Việt Nam has also put in place rules governing digital technologies, personal data protection, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and digital transformation

The coverage called the trip an important milestone that deepens the great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic cohesion between the two countries’ Parties, States and people.

National Assembly President Trần Thanh Mẫn called for continued high-level and other exchanges, stronger defence and security cooperation and mutual support for national development and the elevation of the two countries’ international standing.

The top Vietnamese legislator later co-chaired a discussion with Wang Dongming, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), on legislative affairs, grassroots democracy and other issues of shared interest.

Bilateral legislative cooperation has continued to strengthen, yielding tangible results. High-level exchanges and contacts between the two legislatures have been held regularly.

The visit aims to further implement the foreign policy set out at the 14th National Party Congress, enhance the effectiveness of cooperation between Việt Nam's National Assembly and the National People’s Congress of China, and reaffirm the pivotal role of parliamentary cooperation in the overall Việt Nam–China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng's official visits to Laos and Cambodia carry significant political and diplomatic importance, helping strengthen political trust, advance bilateral cooperation and create new development opportunities, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Hoài Trung has said.

Vietnamese Minister of Public Security General Lương Tam Quang and his Lao counterpart, Senior Lieutenant General Vanthong Kongmany, met in Vientiane on October 9 to discuss bilateral cooperation and agree on measures to strengthen coordination in combating transnational crime.

Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng and the high-ranking Việt Nam delegation departed Phnom Penh at noon October 10, concluding their two-day official visit to Cambodia at the invitation of Cambodian PM Samdech Hun Manet.

Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on October 10 outlining the outcomes of Vietnamese Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng's official visit on October 9–10, reaffirming the two countries' commitment to deepening their longstanding friendship and comprehensive cooperation.

President of the National Assembly (NA) Trần Thanh Mẫn will make an official visit to China and co-chair the second session of the Cooperation Committee between the Vietnamese NA and the National People's Congress of China (NPC).