Sports cooperation is a vivid testament to the depth and substance of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and France, Vietnamese Ambassador Trinh Duc Hai said at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Francophone sports association AFS on February 25.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính called on Belgium to soon ratify the EU–Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) and support the European Commission’s removal of the IUU “yellow card” on Vietnamese seafood, during a reception in Hanoi for Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam Karl Van Den Bossche.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man, who is also Chairman of the National Election Council (NEC), has stressed the need to organise voting and ballot counting in a strict and objective manner, and to announce general election results on schedule, no later than March 25.

As of now, 3,320 out of 3,321 commune-level units nationwide have applied the software in voter list compilation, heard the national online conference on preparations for the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term on February 26.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam on February 26 visited and extended New Year greetings to the Security Investigation Agency under the Ministry of Public Security, urging stronger application of science and technology to support the investigation and handling of criminal cases.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of National Defence on February 26 in Hanoi presented the President’s decision and the Minister of National Defence’s decision to an officer assigned to a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic.

VOV.VN - Immediately after the 14th National Party Congress, the spirit of “not wasting a single day, not delaying a single week” was widely conveyed, demonstrating a modern national governance mindset- resolute, swift and effective- under the example and direct guidance of Party General Secretary To Lam, with the aim of bringing the congress’ resolutions rapidly into life.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam on February 26 attended a voter meeting with candidates for the 16th National Assembly (NA) for the 2026-2031 term in Hanoi.

Preparations for the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 tenure have been carried out proactively, methodically and in line with regulations, NA General Secretary Le Quang Manh said on February 26.

Vietnam always assumes a strong sense of responsibility for advancing disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation, said Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva.

Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, who is Special Envoy of Party General Secretary To Lam, met with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia on February 25 to brief participants on the major outcomes of the CPV’s 14th Party Congress.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the sixth meeting of the Central Steering Committee on housing policy and the real estate market at the Government Headquarters in Hanoi on February 26, discussing mechanisms and policies for the housing segment for middle-income earners.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son on February 25 signed Decision No. 330/QD-TTg approving a plan to implement the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the Apostille Convention).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for closer cooperation between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Russian news agency TASS while receiving TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov in Hanoi on February 25.

VOV.VN - The National Election Council held a nationwide online conference at the National Assembly House on February 26 to begin preparations for the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

VOV.VN - Vietnam affirmed at a meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi in Vienna, Austria, that it will coordinate the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in an objective manner and bolster cooperation on nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for a decisive shift from task-based administration to results-based governance, urging ministries and local authorities to measure performance by tangible outcomes and public satisfaction as Vietnam accelerates digital transformation and innovation-driven growth.

VOV.VN - Russia consistently attaches importance to strengthening and deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Vietnam for the benefit of both countries and for peace, stability, and sustainable development in the region and the world, said President Vladimir Putin.

VOV.VN - In his address on a Politburo Resolution on cultural development at a national conference in Hanoi on February 25, General Secretary To Lam articulated a clear strategic repositioning of culture not as a secondary social sector, but as the human foundation of Vietnam’s long-term development model.

The spouse of Party General Secretary To Lam, Ngo Phuong Ly, met the Duke of Richmond, Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, and his spouse at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on February 24 as part of their visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The state sector must become not merely a dominant economic actor, but a central pillar of national resilience in the country’s new development era, said General Secretary To Lam at a national conference to implement two Politburo resolutions on the state sector and cultural development in Hanoi on February 25

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 24 for Duke of Richmond and Gordon of the UK Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox and his spouse, stressing the significance of their trip in promoting people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on February 24 attended a ceremony launching a book series of laws adopted at the 10th session of the 15th NA, urging a strong overhaul of communications on political and legal publications.

Special Envoy of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPV) To Lam, Politburo member, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, held meetings with Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the United Russia Party and Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party of of the Russian Federation.

VOV.VN - The Party Central Committee’s Secretary held a nationwide conference in Hanoi on February 25 to study and implement two of the Politburo’s major resolutions, underscoring the country’s strategic direction in advancing the state sector and promoting cultural development in a new phase of integration and growth.

Party General Secretary To Lam on February 24 urged the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) to maintain unity, promote innovation, and rise to new heights, worthy of its role as the nation’s trusted information lifeline and a pillar of social confidence in the new era.

The Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee convened a training conference in Hanoi on February 24 on election campaigning skills for candidates for the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026 – 2031 tenure.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on February 24 held working sessions with NA committees to review major tasks for 2026, stressing decisive action, stronger supervision and accelerated digital transformation in the first year of implementing the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress.

Authorities in the Truong Sa special zone have stepped up preparations for the early election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA) and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026–2031 term.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged Vietnam’s health sector not to miss even the smallest opportunity to treat patients, as he met leading medical experts, scientists and directors of central hospitals on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of Vietnamese Physicians’ Day (February 27).