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Top leader attends ceremony marking 50 years of Saigon-Gia Dinh bearing late President’s name

Ho Chi Minh City has every reason to take pride in its remarkable achievements over the past half-century. From a war-ravaged urban centre facing enormous post-war difficulties, it gradually restored production, stabilised people's livelihoods, consolidated the achievements of the revolution, built an effective system of governance, and safeguarded national defence and security, thereby laying a solid foundation for long-term development.

New administrative system must deliver new governance capacity: Top leader

The Party and State leader described the restructuring as a broad, complex and far-reaching reform affecting almost every agency and public servant from the central to grassroots levels. While praising the significant initial achievements, he stressed that the results marked only the beginning and warned against complacency.

Top leader’s letter honours Vietnamese family values

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam wrote that every Vietnamese family will maintain these cherished traditional values through concrete daily actions: respecting grandparents and parents; loving and caring for children; spouses being faithful, equal, and sharing; and generations listening to, respecting, and supporting each other. Preserving the family means preserving family traditions, culture, and the enduring strength of the nation.

Institutional improvement key to driving innovation: PM

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has reiterated Party General Secretary and State President To Lam’s view that Vietnam must create a new breakthrough in institutional framework and legislation, turning them into a growth driver.

Top leader calls on youth to think bigger, learn faster, make more contributions

Addressing the opening session of the 13th Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union National Congress for the 2026–2031 term in Hanoi on June 25, the Party and State leader told 788 delegates representing more than 5.1 million HCYU members and nearly 22 million young people nationwide that the country is entering a new stage of development in which young people are not only inheritors of the revolutionary cause but also direct architects of the future.

Top leader calls for measurable progress in institutional perfection

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam emphasised that assignments must not be reduced to slogans and rejected situations where agencies report that initiatives have been launched, studied or disseminated without being able to identify completed deliverables, promulgated legal documents, simplified administrative procedures, resolved legal inconsistencies, and accountability at leadership level.

Top leader highlights strategic role of foreign affairs in new development era

With the determination of the entire political system, Resolution No. 06 will soon be translated into practical outcomes, enabling foreign affairs to fully perform its pioneering and strategic role in advancing Vietnam’s aspiration to become a developed, independent, self-reliant and self-strengthening nation in the new era, said top leader To lam.

ASEAN’s priority is to maintain peaceful, stable environment for development: Top Vietnamese leader

Against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving, increasingly complex and unpredictable regional and global environment, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam stressed that ASEAN’s foremost priority is to preserve a peaceful and stable environment conducive to development, strengthen economic competitiveness and resilience, and improve the well-being of its people.

Shangri-La Dialogue: Vietnam’s vision praised as strategic, practical, forward-looking

Associate Professor Dr. Neak Chandarith said General Secretary and President To Lam demonstrated a clear understanding of global challenges and presented a balanced voice that advocates sovereignty, equality and fairness for small and middle-sized nations amid an increasingly uncertain international environment.

Basic science research must be reformed to meet national development requirements: top leader

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam stressed that reform in basic science research must encompass awareness, institutional frameworks, investment mechanisms, and implementation methods. He described the issue as a strategic matter directly linked to Vietnam’s development model, national self-reliance and international standing in the 21st century.

Top Vietnamese leader’s Thailand visit hoped to enhance comprehensive strategic partnership

According to Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cuong, the upcoming visit carries special significance as it is General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam’s first visit to an ASEAN country in his new capacity and comes shortly after the elevation of bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Top Vietnamese leader to pay state visit to Singapore, attend Shangri-La Dialogue

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam will pay a state visit to Singapore from May 29-31, and he will attend and deliver a keynote address at this year's IISS Shangri-La Dialogue.

Top leader's visit to create new momentum for Vietnam–India ties: Scholar

The upcoming state visit to India by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam is expected to inject fresh impetus into Vietnam–India relations, ushering in a more substantive, comprehensive and forward-looking phase of cooperation.

Top leader attends flag-raising ceremony in Quang Tri

Hien Luong – Ben Hai is forever a sacred symbol of the will for national reunification, the aspiration for peace, and unwavering faith in the day when the North and the South would be reunited as one family, said a Quang Tri official.

Party General Secretary and State President meets workers in Ho Chi Minh City

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam affirmed that the Party and State consistently regard the working class as a highly important force in the cause of national construction and defence.

Top leader demands stronger governance, strategic planning to drive sustainable development

The Party and State leader underscored the necessity for decisive, coordinated and effective actions to translate the Party’s resolutions into concrete results throughout the political system and society.

Party Central Committee’s second meeting to lay foundations for national development: Party chief

The outcomes of the plenum will form the “legal corridors,” “operational rules,” “disciplinary principles,” and “standards of conduct” necessary to bring the 14th National Party Congress’s Resolution into life and advance the country’s long-term strategic goals toward 2030 and 2045.

Party chief wraps up trip for inaugural meeting of Gaza Board of Peace in US

Party General Secretary To Lam left Joint Base Andrews on February 20 afternoon (local time), concluding his three-day trip for the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace in Washington D.C. at the invitation of President Donald Trump, who is also the Board’s Founding Chairman.

Vietnamese Party chief receives former US Deputy Secretary of State

General Secretary To Lam encouraged Kurt M. Campbell, former US Deputy Secretary of State, to continue serving as a trusted bridge between Vietnam and the US, as well as with the business community and international partners, thereby promoting policy dialogue, providing strategic analysis of global economic, technological and policy trends, and strengthening connectivity between US enterprises and strategic investors with Vietnamese ministries, agencies and localities, particularly in high technology, finance, digital infrastructure and clean energy.

Party General Secretary To Lam meets US President Donald Trump at White House

Party General Secretary To Lam congratulated the US and President Trump on the successful organisation of the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace. He affirmed that Vietnam was among the first countries to commit to participating in the Gaza Board of Peace, and stands ready to coordinate with the US and other members of the Board to implement the peace plan.