Nhan Dan Online

Major Japanese news agencies, television broadcasters and newspapers on November 9 gave wide coverage of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam’s official visit to Japan, highlighting his talks with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae in Tokyo and his policy address to the Japanese Diet.

As part of his official visit to Japan, on the morning of November 10 in Tokyo, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam met with former Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.

General Secretary and President To Lam received Aso Taro, Vice President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and former Japanese Prime Minister, in Tokyo on the morning of November 10, as part of his official visit to Japan.

General Secretary and President To Lam received Nikai Toshihiro, former Chairman of the Japan-Viet Nam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance, and the governors of Tokyo, Yamanashi, Niigata, Mie and Wakayama in Tokyo on the morning of November 10, as part of his official visit to Japan.

Madam Ngo Phuong Ly, spouse of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam, attended cultural and artistic exchange events in Japan on November 8 and 9 as part of the Vietnamese leader’s official visit to the Northeast Asian country.

The domestic railway sector started selling and accepting payment for train tickets on the VNeID electronic identification app on November 9, as it pushes service modernisation and diversifies passenger channels.

On November 9, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports held a press conference to announce the 2026 Digital Content Creator Week in the city, while officially launching a digital content creation contest themed “Proud of the city named after President Ho Chi Minh”.

On November 9, Vietnamese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Pham Binh Dam visited Ermera, Timor-Leste’s largest coffee-growing region, to learn about local development and share Viet Nam’s experience in agricultural and rural development.

More than 17 years after the launch of a campaign encouraging Vietnamese people to prioritise Vietnamese goods, domestic products have gained a firm foothold in the distribution system and built a reputation for quality, accounting for more than 80% of goods sold at supermarkets and shopping centres and at least 60% in traditional retail channels.

Viet Nam is gradually transforming its advantages in political and social stability, cultural identity, development achievements and foreign policy into resources for enhancing its international standing.

Viet Nam’s benchmark VN-Index rose by 1.68% to 1,743.07 points on November 10.

Global gold prices reversed course and fell on November 10, trading at 4,086 USD per ounce. In Viet Nam, prices of SJC gold bars and gold rings both declined, standing at 140.9 million VND and 140.7 million VND per tael, respectively.