Editorial

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam, together with a high-level Vietnamese delegation, has successfully concluded State visits to the Republic of India and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

At the invitation of Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, General Secretary and President To Lam, accompanied by a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, is paying a state visit to Sri Lanka from May 7 to 8.

At the invitation of President of the Republic of the Philippines Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr, the ASEAN Chair in 2026, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung led a high-level Vietnamese delegation to attend the 48th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, Philippines, from May 7 to 8.

At the invitation of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam, together with a high-level Vietnamese delegation, is paying a state visit to India from May 5 to 7.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae is paying an official visit to Viet Nam from May 1 to 3 at the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Le Minh Hung.

After 12 days of urgent, serious, and highly responsible work, the first session of the 16th National Assembly concluded successfully yesterday in Ha Noi, accomplishing its entire agenda and marking an important milestone from the very beginning of the new term.

President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Jae Myung and his spouse are paying a State visit to Viet Nam from April 21 to 24 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam and his spouse.

General Secretary and President To Lam, together with his spouse and a high-level Vietnamese delegation, has successfully concluded a state visit to China from April 14 to 17, 2026.

At the invitation of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and his spouse, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam, together with his spouse and a high-level Vietnamese delegation, will pay a state visit to China from April 14 to 17, 2026.

At the invitation of Prime Minister Le Minh Hung, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico is paying an official visit to Viet Nam from April 12 to 14, 2026. This marks the first visit by a high-ranking Slovak leader to Viet Nam since 2017.

At the invitations of IPU President Tulia Ackson and IPU Secretary General Martin Chungong, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, his spouse, and a high-level Vietnamese delegation will attend the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-152) in Istanbul, undertake a number of bilateral activities in Türkiye, and pay an official visit to Italy from April 11 to 17.

At the invitation of Samdech Say Chhum, Vice President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Chairman of the Standing Board of the CPP Central Committee, Tran Cam Tu, Politburo Member and Permanent Member of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee Secretariat, is leading a high-level Vietnamese delegation on an official visit to Cambodia on April 10.

At the invitation of Vilay Lakhamphong, Permanent Member of the Secretariat of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee, Tran Cam Tu, Politburo Member and Permanent Member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, led a high-level Vietnamese delegation on an official visit to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on April 9, 2026.

On the historic Sunday of March 15, 2026, more than 78 million Vietnamese people from all parts of the country will go to the polls to exercise their sacred right and duty to elect deputies to the 16th National Assembly and the People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

We stand before a pivotal historical moment! It is a decisive moment, a transition between the old and the new, a closing and an opening, a time for careful consideration and decision-making!

Party General Secretary To Lam and the high-level Vietnamese delegation have successfully concluded a State visit to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic; a State visit to the Kingdom of Cambodia; the co-chairing of a high-level meeting between the Politburo of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and the Standing Board of the Cambodian People’s Party Central Committee; and the co-chairing of a meeting among the leaders of the three Parties of Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam will lead a high-ranking delegation of Viet Nam to pay a state visit to Cambodia on February 6, at the invitation of Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni.

To Lam, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, will lead a high-level Vietnamese delegation on a state visit to Laos on February 5, 2026, at the invitation of Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

February 3, 1930 marked a historic milestone, a great turning point in the revolutionary struggle of our people, opening a new era – the glorious and radiant Ho Chi Minh era.

At the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Mazen Turki El Qadi is paying an official visit to Viet Nam from February 2 to 5, 2026.