Vietnam News Agency spoke with Vietnamese Ambassador to the DPRK Lê Bá Vinh about the significance of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee Tô Lâm's State visit to the DPRK from October 9–11.
The current challenging international context presents many difficulties but also opens opportunities to advance cooperation in this critical field, he noted, urging countries to embrace the spirit of construction, cooperation, compromise and creativity to achieve a successful and substantive review conference.
Party General Secretary Tô Lâm underscored that personnel must be selected based on their virtue, capacity, and prestige, with no tolerance for corruption and negative phenomena, adding the emphasis remains on placing the right people in the right positions and at the right time.
At the invitation of General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong Un, General Secretary Lâm will pay a state visit to the DPRK and attend a ceremony celebrating the 80th founding anniversary of the WPK from Thursday to Saturday.
Under the agreement signed between the governments of Việt Nam and Cambodia on August 28, 2000, in Phnom Penh, An Giang Province’s two teams for the search and collection of martyrs’ remains have so far recovered 4,286 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts in six Cambodian provinces.
As part of the plenum, the Politburo also met to give feedback on the collection and explanation of opinions contributed by the committee during the meeting.
Việt Nam have always played a vital role throughout the nation’s history – from the struggles for national independence to post-war reconstruction and development, said Deputy Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the United Nations (UN) Nguyễn Hoàng Nguyên.
The two sides discussed practical areas of cooperation for the time ahead such as increasing delegation exchanges and visits, conducting joint training and professional exercises, and coordinating in handling maritime situations.
National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Nguyễn Đức Hải affirmed that Việt Nam attaches great importance to, and wishes to further advance, its strategic partnership with Germany and especially with the State of Hessen.
The Standing Board of the National Assembly (NA)'s Party Committee and the NA Standing Committee on October 6 decided to relieve Lê Quang Huy, a member of the delegation of NA deputies of Lâm Đồng province, from his duties as a deputy of the 15th National Assembly.
The successful organisation of the convention signing ceremony will demonstrate Việt Nam’s proactive and responsible role within the United Nations and the international community in building a safe, healthy, and law-based global cyberspace.
The Government leader requested them to continue to comprehensively review the implementation process of the above-mentioned Resolutions and documents, while also comparing and aligning them with other relevant political foundations to develop the most optimal solutions possible.
In the morning, the Party Central Committee held a plenary session at the hall, with Party General Secretary Tô Lâm delivering the opening speech, and Politburo member and State President Lương Cường chairing, on behalf of the Politburo.
The Ministry of Public Security said it will continue to implement strong and comprehensive measures to curb and further reduce public order-related crimes in the final months of 2025, aiming to achieve the target of 20 per cent of communes, wards and special zones being drug-free.
Describing personnel work as a matter of “utmost importance” and “the key of all keys”, Party General Secretary Tô Lâm stressed that it would determine the success of the 14th National Party Congress and the country’s development in the coming period.
This will be Lâm’s first visit to North Korea as General Secretary, just two months after his state visit to South Korea in August this year.
The plenum, running through October 8, will focus its discussions on preparations for the 14th National Party Congress and socio-economic issues.
Both sides pledged to closely monitor the implementation of agreements, particularly in food security, energy, and biotechnology, while preparing joint activities to celebrate the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2025 as well as creating favourable conditions to encourage broader participation by organisations and enterprises from both countries in each nation's socio-economic development
