Party chief urges Hanoi to operate as national innovation centre
Party chief urges Hanoi to operate as national innovation centre

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam on January 10 said Hanoi must be positioned and operated not as a large local administrative unit but as a national innovation centre, playing a leading role in shaping new growth models for Vietnam.

Party chief urges Hanoi to operate as national innovation centre
HCM City unveils 12 key milestones marking transformative year in 2025
HCM City unveils 12 key milestones marking transformative year in 2025

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has announced 12 major highlights reflecting the city’s comprehensive and breakthrough development in 2025, with administrative restructuring and regional integration identified as a key milestone.

HCM City unveils 12 key milestones marking transformative year in 2025
Vietnam to shape new leadership through rigorous, rules-based process
Vietnam to shape new leadership through rigorous, rules-based process

VOV.VN - The Communist Party of Vietnam emphasises a cautious, thorough and highly regulated approach in preparing personnel for its upcoming 14th National Party Congress, underscoring the leadership’s determination to form a competent and credible new generation of top officials for the 2026–2031 term.

Vietnam to shape new leadership through rigorous, rules-based process
Gov’t vows to remove bottlenecks to speed up public investment disbursement
Gov’t vows to remove bottlenecks to speed up public investment disbursement

VOV.VN - The Government is determined to remove all obstacles and accelerate public investment disbursement as part of efforts to support growth and pursue ambitious economic targets, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on January 9.

Gov’t vows to remove bottlenecks to speed up public investment disbursement
Steady leadership helps Vietnam weather unprecedented challenges
Steady leadership helps Vietnam weather unprecedented challenges

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s government has been credited by lawmakers with steering the country through an unusually turbulent five-year term, citing flexible governance, resilience and a series of socio-economic achievements recorded amid global and domestic headwinds.

Steady leadership helps Vietnam weather unprecedented challenges
Scholar highlights strategic significance of upcoming 14th National Party Congress
Scholar highlights strategic significance of upcoming 14th National Party Congress

At a time when the world is being reshaped by intensifying geopolitical conflicts, supply-chain disruptions and sharpening competition among great powers, the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam stands as a pivotal juncture for the country to reaffirm its vision and strategic choice in future.

Scholar highlights strategic significance of upcoming 14th National Party Congress
Party chief: Vietnam has the momentum and capacity to enter a new era
Party chief: Vietnam has the momentum and capacity to enter a new era

VOV.VN - 2026 marks the start of a new development phase, linked to the implementation of the 14th National Party Congress Resolution and the 2026-2030 socio-economic development plan.

Party chief: Vietnam has the momentum and capacity to enter a new era
2025 growth reaches 8.02% as Vietnam maintains macroeconomic stability
2025 growth reaches 8.02% as Vietnam maintains macroeconomic stability

VOV.VN - Economic growth reached 8.02% in 2025, placing Vietnam among the faster-growing economies in the region and globally, while macroeconomic stability and major balances of the national economy were maintained, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

2025 growth reaches 8.02% as Vietnam maintains macroeconomic stability
Overcoming headwinds, Vietnam lays cornerstone to break through into new era: PM
Overcoming headwinds, Vietnam lays cornerstone to break through into new era: PM

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has reviewed socio-economic achievements of 2025 and the 2021–2025 tenure while sketching out major orientations and tasks for 2026 during an interview granted to the VNA on the occasion of the New Year 2026, the first year implementing the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress.

Overcoming headwinds, Vietnam lays cornerstone to break through into new era: PM
Major tasks for 14th National Party Congress on track
Major tasks for 14th National Party Congress on track

As of January 7, functional agencies have basically completed major task groups for the upcoming 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam on schedule.

Major tasks for 14th National Party Congress on track
Vietnam accelerates nuclear power project to bolster energy security, says PM
Vietnam accelerates nuclear power project to bolster energy security, says PM

VOV.VN - Vietnam is stepping up efforts to develop nuclear power as part of its strategy to strengthen energy security and meet long-term climate goals, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on January 7.

Vietnam accelerates nuclear power project to bolster energy security, says PM
Party chief pushes new development model driven by technology and innovation
Party chief pushes new development model driven by technology and innovation

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam on January 7 called for a fundamental shift in the country’s development model, urging stronger reliance on science, technology, innovation and digital transformation to sustain long-term, high-speed growth.

Party chief pushes new development model driven by technology and innovation
PM calls for additional assistance to storm-hit families
PM calls for additional assistance to storm-hit families

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has praised government agencies, localities and security forces for their swift implementation of a housing reconstruction campaign in central Vietnam, and called for additional financial support to help storm-affected families stabilise their lives ahead of the Lunar New Year.

PM calls for additional assistance to storm-hit families
Senior official inspects preparations for 14th National Party Congress
Senior official inspects preparations for 14th National Party Congress

Politburo member and Standing member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu on January 6 inspected preparations for the upcoming 14th National Party Congress at the National Convention Centre (NCC) in Hanoi.

Senior official inspects preparations for 14th National Party Congress
New laws expected to enhance efficiency in national resource management
New laws expected to enhance efficiency in national resource management

The Presidential Office on January 6 held a press conference to announce the State President’s orders promulgating 12 laws passed at the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly.

New laws expected to enhance efficiency in national resource management
National ceremony marks NA’s 80 years with call for legislative reform
National ceremony marks NA’s 80 years with call for legislative reform

A national ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the country’s first general election took place in Hanoi on January 6, featuring a keynote speech by Party General Secretary To Lam.

National ceremony marks NA’s 80 years with call for legislative reform
National Assembly embodies national intelligence, aspirations: top legislator
National Assembly embodies national intelligence, aspirations: top legislator

Over its 15 tenures in the past 80 years, the National Assembly (NA) has significantly contributed to the Party and the nation’s glorious revolutionary cause, deserving as status as the highest representative body of the people, the supreme organ of State power, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man has said.

National Assembly embodies national intelligence, aspirations: top legislator
Vietnam’s first General Election marked at national ceremony in Hanoi
Vietnam’s first General Election marked at national ceremony in Hanoi

VOV.VN - A ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s first General Election to elect the National Assembly was held at Dien Hong Hall, the National Assembly House, on January 6 in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s first General Election marked at national ceremony in Hanoi
Party and state leaders attend ceremony marking 80 years since first General Election
Party and state leaders attend ceremony marking 80 years since first General Election

VOV.VN - A ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s first General Election to elect the National Assembly is held solemnly at the National Assembly House on January 6, with Party General Secretary To Lam, along with current and former Party and State leaders, in attendance.

Party and state leaders attend ceremony marking 80 years since first General Election
Historical documents on Vietnam’s first General Election 80 years ago
Historical documents on Vietnam’s first General Election 80 years ago

VOV.VN - Eighty years ago, on January 6, 1946, Vietnam held the first nationwide General Election to elect the National Assembly. The elelection marked a historic milestone in the establishment of a democratic system and legally affirmed the Vietnamese people’s right to mastery.

Historical documents on Vietnam’s first General Election 80 years ago
80 years on: National Assembly highlights democratic legacy, reform drive
80 years on: National Assembly highlights democratic legacy, reform drive

VOV.VN - Vietnam will mark the 80th anniversary of its first nationwide parliamentary election on January 6, 2026, celebrating the National Assembly’s role in shaping the country’s democratic institutions and guiding decades of political reform and national construction.

80 years on: National Assembly highlights democratic legacy, reform drive
State President promulgates 11 newly adopted laws
State President promulgates 11 newly adopted laws

VOV.VN - The Office of the President held a press conference in Hanoi on January 5 to announce the President’s Order promulgating major laws adopted by the National Assembly during the recent year-end session.

State President promulgates 11 newly adopted laws
Party chief urges internal affairs sector’s stronger role in new development phase
Party chief urges internal affairs sector’s stronger role in new development phase

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam has called on the Party’s Internal Affairs sector to further strengthen its strategic advisory role, uphold integrity and remain at the forefront of the fight against corruption, waste and misconduct, as the country enters a new phase of development.

Party chief urges internal affairs sector’s stronger role in new development phase
Building legal framework for innovation, development: NA Chairman
Building legal framework for innovation, development: NA Chairman

In recent years, particularly during its 15th term, the National Assembly (NA) has shifted decisively from a “management-oriented” mindset to one focused on enabling development, said NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

Building legal framework for innovation, development: NA Chairman
Vietnam pushes modern governance to enhance public service
Vietnam pushes modern governance to enhance public service

VOV.VN - Vietnam is accelerating its transition to a modern, efficient, and citizen-centric governance model, with the government emphasising digital transformation as a key driver for national development.

Vietnam pushes modern governance to enhance public service
NA shapes legal thinking, institutional foundations for national development
NA shapes legal thinking, institutional foundations for national development

VOV.VN - The National Assembly of Vietnam has played a central role in shaping the country’s constitutional and legislative framework throughout its revolutionary history, contributing to social stability and sustainable development, experts said at a recent forum.

NA shapes legal thinking, institutional foundations for national development
PM calls for accelerated progress of projects ahead of National Party Congress
PM calls for accelerated progress of projects ahead of National Party Congress

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 2 signed Dispatch No. 02/CĐ-TTg on further strengthening and improving the effectiveness of management and accelerating the completion of investment and construction projects in celebration of the 14th National Party Congress.

PM calls for accelerated progress of projects ahead of National Party Congress
Vietnam looks to 14th Party Congress to drive long-term development goals
Vietnam looks to 14th Party Congress to drive long-term development goals

VOV.VN - The coming 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is widely viewed as a historic milestone, as it will not only review past achievements but also serve as a powerful call to action that reignites national aspirations for development.

Vietnam looks to 14th Party Congress to drive long-term development goals
National Assembly leaves distinctive legacy amid profound changes
National Assembly leaves distinctive legacy amid profound changes

VOV.VN - Amid profound domestic and global changes requiring timely, flexible and forward-looking decisions, Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly has affirmed its role as the country’s highest representative and state power body during what has been widely described as an exceptional term.

National Assembly leaves distinctive legacy amid profound changes
Presidential Office requested to prioritise advisory work, digital transformation
Presidential Office requested to prioritise advisory work, digital transformation

State President Luong Cuong chaired a meeting with the Presidential Office on December 31 to review its December performance and set key duties for January 2026, during which he urged greater efforts in strategic consultation tasks next year.

Presidential Office requested to prioritise advisory work, digital transformation
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