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Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra on July 1 stressed the need to further modernise governance methods and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of administrations at all levels as Viet Nam continues to refine its political system and three-tier administration model.

Viet Nam has achieved significant progress after one year of operating its new three-tier administration system, with streamlined institutions, stronger decentralisation, improved public services and fresh momentum for socio-economic development, according to a report presented at a national conference on July 1.

Le Quoc Minh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication, Education and Mass Mobilisation, and Chairman of the Viet Nam Journalists Association, led a delegation in laying flowers at the President Ho Chi Minh Monument in Moscow, on June 30.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Sai Gon–Gia Dinh officially being renamed Ho Chi Minh City (July 2, 1976 – 2026), a delegation of leaders of the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee, and Viet Nam Fatherland Front Committee of the city on July 1 offered flowers in tribute to the President Ho Chi Minh at the Monument Park dedicated to him on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Sai Gon ward.

Viet Nam’s Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper and Russia's Rossiya Segodnya Media Group signed a cooperation agreement in Moscow, Russia, on June 30, marking a new chapter in media collaboration between the two organisations.

The Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee convened a conference in Ha Noi on July 1 to review the one-year implementation of the overall organisational model of the political system and the three-tier administration model.

Officials from the finance ministries of Viet Nam and Laos met in Ha Noi on June 30 to exchange experiences in mobilising, managing and using official development assistance (ODA) and concessional foreign loans.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam chaired the first meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Foreign Affairs and International Integration in Ha Noi on June 30, stressing that foreign affairs and international integration must serve more directly national development, strategic autonomy and greater national competitiveness. 

The Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), in coordination with the Korea Foundation, held the 7th Viet Nam–Republic of Korea (RoK) Forum for the Future in Ha Noi on June 30, focusing on Viet Nam–RoK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in a new era.

Viet Nam is recalibrating its foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction strategy towards higher quality and greater efficiency, shifting from a focus on attracting capital to effectively leveraging international resources in combination with domestic strengths to drive new growth momentum, heard a national conference on June 30.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on June 30 emphasised the need for a fundamental shift in Viet Nam’s approach to foreign investment, affirming that the country aims to use external resources to strengthen domestic capabilities and strategic autonomy rather than simply attract capital.

The Politburo convened a national conference in Ha Noi on June 30 to study, disseminate, and deploy its Resolution No. 10-NQ/TW dated June 8, 2026 on the development of the foreign-invested sector.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam ordered a systemic shift from reactive disaster response to proactive risk management at a June 29 meeting in Ha Noi, directing the Government Party Committee and agencies to brace for storms, floods, extreme weather and climate change through late 2026.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man has called on the NA Party Committee to operate with greater discipline, closer coordination, sharper strategic advice and more decisive action so that the legislature truly serves as the centre for institutionalising the Party’s guidelines, while fulfilling its role as the highest organ of State power and as the representative of the people’s will and aspirations.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam stressed the need to build a modern artillery-missile force capable of fulfilling missions under new conditions, while attending a ceremony in Ha Noi on June 29 marking the 80th anniversary of the force (June 29, 1946–2026).

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has called on Ha Noi to swiftly translate the orientations outlined in its newly announced 100-year Capital Master Plan into concrete programmes, projects and works, emphasising that implementation effectiveness and improvements in people's living standards should be the ultimate measures of governance capacity.

The Party Committee of the Artillery and Missile Force Command held a ceremony in Ha Noi on June 29 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Artillery and Missile Force (June 29, 1946–2026) and to receive the First-Class Fatherland Protection Order. Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, attended the ceremony and delivered a keynote address.

Recruiting young members is vital for building robust Party organisations, ensuring a steady pipeline of successors, and enhancing the fighting capacity of grassroots Party organisations.

In the new era of development, under the Party’s leadership, happiness is not merely an aspiration but has become a core value within the national value system. All policies and guidelines centre on the people, with the people’s satisfaction, prosperity, and happiness serving as the benchmark.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung on June 27 stressed the need to strictly adhere to implementation schedules for key national transport projects, saying that deadlines must not be extended unless there are objective reasons, as he chaired a meeting reviewing the implementation of major and imporant national transport projects in the first half of this year.