Domestic

Resolution No. 36-NQ/TW on OVs affairs has provided a strong political foundation and legal framework enabling OVs to develop, integrate, and contribute to their host countries while maintaining close ties with the homeland.

Since the beginning of the year, Party committees and inspection commissions at all levels have disciplined more than 330 Party organisations and 9,600 Party members. The Party Central Committee and its Politburo, Secretariat, and Inspection Commission disciplined 23 officials under Party Central Committee management, including six prosecuted cases.

The congress underscores the Party and State’s strong political resolve to further uphold the tradition of patriotic emulation, viewing emulation as a key instrument for mobilising the combined strength of the entire political system, the business community and the people in the cause of national construction and development.

State President Luong Cuong, Head of the Central Steering Committee on Judicial Reform, chaired its third meeting in 2025 in Ha Noi on December 25 to review judicial reform during the 2021–2026 period and discuss orientations and key tasks for the 2026–2031 period.

President Luong Cuong, Head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, chaired the committee’s third session of 2025 in Ha Noi on the morning of December 25.

General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the General Staff of the Viet Nam People’s Army, and Deputy Minister of National Defence, granted an interview on the results of building a “lean, streamlined, strong” army during the 2020–2025 term, as well as orientations and key tasks for building a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern Viet Nam People’s Army in the 2025–2030 term.

Party General Secretary To Lam has highlighted groundbreaking actions and spreading results as the guiding motto for 2026, marking a shift from the “start-up and runway” phase in 2025 to a period of acceleration in the development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.

The Central Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Transformation held a conference in Ha Noi on December 25 to review its work in 2025 and outline key tasks and solutions for 2026. Party General Secretary To Lam chaired the conference and delivered a keynote address.

State budget revenue in 2026 is targeted at nearly 2.53 quadrillion VND (96.1 billion USD), with domestic sources remaining dominant, underscoring the increasingly close link between the fiscal policy and the health of the domestic economy and the need for solutions that both sustain revenue sources and support long-term growth.

The National Assembly Standing Committee looked into two draft resolutions on administrative unit standards and urban classification at its 52nd session in Ha Noi December 24.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered the development of a modern and high-tech defence industry with dual-use products, calling for the private economic sector to participate in developing the defence industry, with a focus on foundational and core technologies.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee reviewed the legislature’s report on people's aspiration work for October and November during the 52nd session in Ha Noi on December 24.

The 11th National Patriotic Emulation Congress is set to convene in Ha Noi on December 26–27, drawing 198 guests and 2,025 official delegates organised into 105 delegations.

Total state budget allocation for the national target programme on building new-style rural areas, sustainable poverty reduction and socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the 2026–2030 period is around 423 trillion VND (16 billion USD).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 22 signed a decision on the establishment of the Central Steering Committee for People’s Air Defence (the Steering Committee).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued an official dispatch urging coordinated efforts to repair infrastructure, restore production and trade, and stabilise residents' lives following storms and floods in the central region.

The selection of investment models for rail projects must be conducted openly, ensuring the greatest possible benefit for the State, the people and businesses, and meeting the requirements for the development of the railway sector, directed Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a meeting of permanent Government members in Ha Noi on December 23.

In accordance with the full-term working programme, the 15th plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee was held in Ha Noi from December 22 to 23, 2025. Party General Secretary To Lam presided over the meeting and delivered important speeches at both the opening and closing sessions.

The 15th plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee, held its closing session at the Party Central Committee headquarters on the morning of December 23.

The 15th plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee concluded on the morning of December 23 after two days of intensive working, completing all agenda items with a high degree of consensus and quality.