Candidates running for the 16th National Assembly (2026–2031) in HCM City’s Constituency No. 6 have promised to maintain regular contact with voters and safeguard their rights and aspirations if elected.
Party General Secretary Tô Lâm said the fight against corruption, wastefulness and negative phenomena is an especially important, regular and long-term task in Party and political system’s building and rectification.
The 55th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee is being held earlier than usual and will be conducted in two phases. During this session, the NA Standing Committee will review and give opinions on a wide range of significant issues.
Along with communes and wards across the province, localities in the border areas of southern Đồng Tháp are actively preparing for the upcoming election day on March 15.
Quảng Ngãi and Gia Lai provinces were asked to begin planning immediately once the expressways open.
Training and human resources development, especially for parliamentary officials, will be a strategic focus.
The ceremony took place at the Phạm Văn Đồng Memorial Site in his homeland in Mộ Đức Commune, featuring an artistic programme, a documentary screening on his life and career and the official commemoration ceremony.
The ballot was arranged on February 26 by Offshore Polling Team No.10 of HCM City’s Phước Thắng Ward, enabling personnel on maritime missions to exercise their voting rights ahead of the official polling day.
Việt Nam calls upon all relevant parties to exercise maximum restraint, immediately cease all escalatory actions, protect civilians and essential infrastructure, and resolve differences by peaceful means in strict accordance with international law, the United Nations Charter, and relevant United Nations resolutions, spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phạm Thu Hằng said.
The NA leader urged the entire political system to actively engage in the election process, closely monitor developments at each polling team and station, strengthen inspection and supervision, and promptly resolve issues emerging at the grassroots level.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Minh Vũ affirmed that by dispatching a delegation to Cambodia shortly after the Party General Secretary's visit, Việt Nam demonstrates its leaders' strong political determination as well as proactive, prompt and responsible efforts to effectively implement the high-level agreements and common perceptions through concrete programmes and clear roadmaps.
At the Kim Liên Special National Relic Site, the NA leader and his delegation paid solemn tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh, a great leader of the Party and people, a hero of national liberation, and the one who laid the foundation for the Vietnamese NA and affirmed the role of the supreme body of State power throughout his life-long career dedicated to the nation.
PM Phạm Minh Chính underscored that public administrative governance is central to organising the exercise of State power and translating the Party’s guidelines and the State's policies and laws into tangible development outcomes.
Party General Secretary Tô Lâm noted that the Navy must stay well-informed of the situation to provide timely and accurate advice for the Party, State, Central Military Commission, and Ministry of National Defence to firmly safeguard national sovereignty over seas and islands while maintaining a peaceful and stable maritime environment for national development.
HCM City has set a target of more than 7 per cent economic growth in the first quarter of 2026, buoyed by strong industrial output and robust retail activity, as authorities outline plans to mobilise more than VNĐ1 quadrillion (US$38.5 billion) in annual social investment to sustain double-digit expansion in the years ahead.
In the law-making process, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính stressed the need to fully translate the Party’s guidelines and policies into laws, to innovate, to roll out sweeping decentralisation and delegation of authority in tandem with appropriate resource allocation.
President Lương Cường on February 27 sent a congratulatory message to President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye on his election as Chairperson of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union for 2026.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on February 27 received visiting Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel, during which he affirmed that Việt Nam attaches great importance to and wants to further deepen friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Portugal.
