Party General Secretary To Lam paid floral tributes and offered incense to two of Vietnam's most revered military leaders Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap and Gen. Van Tien Dung at their respective residence and memorial house in Hanoi on April 28, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30).

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Mahmoud Thabit Kombo on April 28 as part of the latter’s official trip to Vietnam and attendance at the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification from April 27-30.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held phone talks with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim at the Malaysian side’s request on April 28, discussing bilateral cooperation as well as regional and international development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 28 received Cambodian Minister of Commerce Cham Nimul and senior officials from the ministry, who are on a working visit to Vietnam.

Five decades since national reunification (April 30, 1975–2025), Vietnam has transcended the scars of war to become a success story in the world, an Italian scholar has remarked.