VOV.VN - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung called for the development of macroeconomic management scenarios and the coordinated implementation of measures to promote growth while chairing the Government’s regular meeting for April on May 4.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on May 4 underscored the need for a comprehensive revision of the Land Law in the coming period, coupled with enhanced oversight of delayed projects and stagnant planning schemes, as part of broader efforts to remove bottlenecks and sustain socio-economic development.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung will lead a high-level Vietnamese delegation to the 48th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines, from May 7 to 8, 2026.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung urged deeper analysis of inflation risks and faster public investment disbursement while chairing the Government’s regular meeting for April 2026 on May 4.

VOV.VN - Hanoi must be more modern without losing its identity, grow faster without compromising sustainability, and achieve higher growth while ensuring people benefit more clearly, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam  said at a voter meeting in Hanoi on May 4.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on May 4 offered incense and flowers at the Hoc Mon District Palace National Historical and Cultural Relic Site in Hoc Mon commune, Ho Chi Minh City.​

The May 5-7 state visit to India by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam carries significance as the two nations mark the 10th anniversary of their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, said Prof. Anmol Mukhia from South Asian University.

VOV.VN - As Vietnam and India mark 10 years of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the State visit to India from May 5 to 7, 2026 by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam is expected to strengthen deep political trust, help shape a strategic vision, and support the two countries in advancing together in a new era of development.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President To Lam will pay a state visit to Sri Lanka on May 7-8 at the invitation of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press communique.

Vietnam and India are increasingly aligned in their regional and global priorities, as reflected in the significant rise in high-level exchanges and growing people-to-people interactions between the two countries, according to Professor Harsh V. Pant, Vice President of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae left Hanoi on May 3 , concluding her three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Prime Minister Le Minh Hung.

VOV.VN - The coming state visit to India by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam comes at a significant moment as the two countries prepare to mark 10 years of their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2026 and is expected to inject fresh momentum into Vietnam–India relations, says an Indian scholar.

VOV.VN - The policy of firmly upholding four core principles has emerged as a central message from the second plenum of the 14th Party Central Committee, providing both strategic direction and implementation momentum for Vietnam’s development goals toward 2030 and 2045.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam’s state visit to India from May 5-7 will create new momentum and shape a framework to elevate Vietnam–India ties to a new level in the next phase, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Manh Cuong.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae delivered a keynote policy speech at the Vietnam National University (VNU)-Hanoi on May 2, conveying a strong message about the future of the Vietnam–Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and announcing important updates to Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) Vision.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae in Hanoi on May 2, affirming that the Vietnamese legislature will continue playing an active supervisory role in stepping up bilateral commitments and cooperation agreements, particularly in economy, trade, and investment.

Former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung were presented with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 2.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Japan agreed to target US$60 billion in bilateral trade by 2030 and raise Japanese investment in Vietnam to US$5 billion per year, following talks between Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi.

VOV.VN - Major Japanese media outlets on May 2 carried detailed coverage of talks between Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Vietnamese counterpart Le Minh Hung and praised the outcomes.

VOV.VN - An ambassador-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement was held on May 1 at United Nations Headquarters to hear updates and exchange views on key developments within the movement and the United Nations.

VOV.VN -Party General Secretary and President To Lam held a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 2 during her official visit to Vietnam from May 1 to 3.

VOV.VN - The official visit to Vietnam by Sanae Takaichi, her first as Japan’s PM and the East Asian country’s first female PM, marks an important milestone, creating fresh impetus and opening up new opportunities for cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Le Minh Hung hosted an official welcome ceremony for his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi at the Government Headquarters in Hanoi on May 2 during the later’s official visit to Vietnam from May 1-3.

Vietnam attaches great importance to the increasingly close and effective Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Japan, as well as the close and foundational ties between their Communist Parties, Ambassador Do Hung Viet has said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Ambassador to Argentina, concurrently accredited to Uruguay, Ngo Minh Nguyet, recently held a working session in Montevideo with Juan Castillo, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uruguay (PCU) and concurrently Uruguay’s Minister of Labour, to promote bilateral cooperation and exchange views on ties between the two communist parties.

International organisations and the diplomatic community in Geneva, Switzerland, have expressed highly positive assessments of Vietnam in the current period, especially as the world faces profound changes, said Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam in Geneva.

The Vietnamese community in Germany is strengthening connectivity and integration efforts, highlighted by a working session held on April 29 at the Dong Xuan Centre in Germany.

VOV.VN - Japanese media have closely tracked Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s visit to Vietnam over nearly two weeks, with the trip at the centre of public attention and coverage following every related development.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has called on the United States to provide an objective and balanced assessment of its intellectual property (IP) protection efforts after Washington designated the country as a “priority foreign country” in its latest annual report on global IP protection and enforcement.

VOV.VN - Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in Hanoi on the evening of May 1, beginning an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung.