National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Thanh received UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific June Kunugi, and Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Sophie Kiladze in Hanoi on November 26.

VOV.VN - Deputies to the ongoing session of the National Assembly discussed amendments to the 2020 Investment Law in Hanoi on November 27, focusing on reducing unnecessary business conditions, creating a transparent and open environment.

A delegation of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), led by its President Nguyen Thi Tuyen, visited the Lao Embassy in Vietnam on November 26 to extend congratulations on the 50th anniversary of National Day of Laos (December 2, 1975 – 2025).

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung and his New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters co-chaired the third Vietnam - New Zealand Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM-3) and signed an Action Plan to realise the bilateral Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for 2025-2030 in Hanoi on November 26.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held talks with Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on November 26.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha paid official visits to New Zealand and Australia from November 20–25, aiming to deepen substantive cooperation with these key Oceania partners.

Vietnam considers the fight against human trafficking a top priority, Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN Nguyen Hoang Nguyen told the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s high-level session in New York on November 24-26.

VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, member of the Central Military Commission’s Standing Committee, and Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence, and Irineo C. Espino, Philippine Undersecretary of National Defence, co-chaired the 7th Vietnam-Philippines Defence Policy Dialogue on November 26 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) held a meeting in Hanoi on November 26 with Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, Vice President of the World Bank (WB) for East Asia and the Pacific, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung hosted a reception on November 26 in Hanoi for Varsen Aghabekian Shahin, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - At recent meetings, representatives of countries and international organizations have hailed Vietnam’s role as Chair of the 2026 Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, especially amid a complex international security environment.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, together with his spouse and a high-level Vietnamese delegation, will pay a state visit to Laos to attend the 50th National Day of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and co-chair the high-level meeting between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party from December 1-2.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 26 held a host of meetings with Stephan Mergenthaler, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum; Chang Lih Kang, Malaysia’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation; and Hen Vandy, Cambodia’s Minister of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation on the sidelines of the Autumn Economic Forum 2025.

The 15th National Assembly (NA) on November 26 adopted four laws – the Law on Extradition, the Law on the Transfer of Persons Serving Prison Sentences, the Law on Mutual Judicial Assistance in Civil Matters, and the Law on Mutual Judicial Assistance in Criminal Matters.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long received June Kunugi, UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific, and her delegation in Hanoi on November 16 to mark 50 years of Vietnam–UNICEF cooperation and 35 years since Vietnam ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc received in Hanoi on November 25 Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, the World Bank (WB)’s Vice President for the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region, during which he appreciated the WB’s support for Vietnam in recent years.

Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held talks with member of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Wei Tao in Hanoi on November 25.

Ships 09 and 17 of Brigade 171 under Naval Region 2 docked at the brigade’s port in Ho Chi Minh City’s Rach Dua ward on November 25, completing the 39th joint patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin between the Vietnamese and Chinese navies.

New Zealand is one of Vietnam’s most important partners in the region, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung told Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the southwestern Pacific Ocean country, during their meeting in Hanoi on November 25.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Trinh Thi Tam met Sri Lankan Environment Minister Dammika Patabendi, who also serves as Chair of the Sri Lanka–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, in Colombo on November 25 to discuss ways to advance bilateral ties, parliamentary cooperation and people-to-people exchange.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh shared key directions for Vietnam’s socio-economic development in the digital era at the CEO 500 – Tea Connect dialogue programme, held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25 as part of the ongoing 2025 Autumn Economic Forum.

Vietnam is advancing with a strong sense of strategic autonomy, resilience and confidence as it enters a new phase of development, and seeks to exchange experience with India - a rapidly rising major power.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and Acting Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Paola Pampaloni has co-chaired the 6th session of the Vietnam - EU Joint Committee in Brussels to realise the Vietnam-EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA).

UNICEF Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific June Kunugi expressed interest in forging a comprehensive cooperation framework with the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) during her meeting with HCMA President Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang in Hanoi on November 25.

VOV.VN - President Luong Cuong on November 25 met with Vladislav Valerievich Shapsha, Governor of Kaluga Oblast (province), Russia, who is currently visiting Vietnam.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung on November 25 received Yamamoto Ichita, Governor of Japan’s Gunma prefecture, who is in Vietnam to attend the first Vietnam–Japan Local Cooperation Forum.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese government on November 25 presented to the National Assembly a proposal to allocate VND580.133 trillion from central and local government budgets, as well as other legal funding sources, to implement the 2026-2035 National Target Programme for Education Modernisation and Quality Enhancement.

VOV.VN - Improving the quality of life for the people is the key foundation for achieving sustainable national development, said Party General Secretary To Lam during group discussions of the ongoing session of the National Assembly on November 25.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son met Lao Deputy Minister of Technology and Communications Saysanaa Sitthiphone in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25, affirming that Vietnam is ready to share its digital transformation experience with Laos.

VOV.VN - Localities and businesses from Vietnam and Japan should strengthen cooperation, focusing on innovation and digital transformation as key drivers of development, and jointly implement concrete projects to deliver tangible benefits, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh of Vietnam.