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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, To Lam and a high-level Vietnamese delegation is paying a State visit to Canada, at the invitation of Governor General of Canada Louise Arbour.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam and the high-level Vietnamese delegation departed on September 20 to attend the High-level General Debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly and conduct bilateral activities in the United States.

As General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam and a high-level Vietnamese delegation attend the high-level General Debate of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, conduct bilateral activities in the US, and pay a state visit to Canada from September 20 - 25, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang gave an interview to the press about the purpose and significance of the working trip.

King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen Suthida are paying a state visit to Viet Nam from September 14-16, 2026 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam 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, his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation have successfully concluded a State visit to the Russian Federation, an official visit to the French Republic, and their attendance at the International Space Summit in Paris, France.

At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam, accompanied by his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, is paying an official visit to the French Republic and attending the Space Summit in Paris.

This was the assessment of Albina Legostaeva, Senior Researcher at the Museum of Oriental Art of Moscow, in an interview with the resident correspondent of Nhan Dan Newspaper in Russia ahead of the State visit to the Russian Federation by General Secretary and President To Lam.

“Viet Nam is a good friend of Russia,” Professor Georgy Toloraya from the Centre for World Politics and Strategic Analysis under the Russian Academy of Sciences asserted.

Ahead of Party General Secretary and State President To Lam’s State visit to the Russian Federation, Russian Vietnamologist Daria Mishukova expressed her expectations for the outcomes of the visit.

National Assembly (NA) President Tran Thanh Man and his spouse, together with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, are paying official visits to the RoK and Mongolia from September 6 to 11, at the invitation of Speaker of the NA of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Cho Jeong Sik and his spouse, and Chairman of the State Great Hural of Mongolia Sandag Byambatsogt and his spouse.

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing and his spouse are paying an official visit to Viet Nam at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam and his spouse from September 4 - 6.

Eighty-one years ago, on September 2, 1945, at historic Ba Dinh Square, President Ho Chi Minh delivered the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the birth of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam — now the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

At the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, President of the National Assembly (NA) of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Patrick Achi is undertaking an official visit to Viet Nam from August 23 to 26.

Eighty-one years ago, the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President Ho Chi Minh led Vietnamese people to claim the great victory of the August Revolution, marking a momentous turning point in the nation’s history.

At the invitation of New Zealand Governor-General Cindy Kiro, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam, accompanied by a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, is paying a State visit to New Zealand.

At the invitation of Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and State President of Viet Nam To Lam, together with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, is paying a state visit to Australia. The visit marks an important historic milestone in bilateral relations, as it is the first time a Vietnamese General Secretary and State President has visited Australia.

On the occasion of the 33rd Diplomatic Conference and the 22nd National Conference on Foreign Affairs, Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Pham Viet Hung gave an interview to the resident correspondent of Nhan Dan Newspaper in Thailand. The interview is presented below.

At present, Viet Nam has nearly 90 shipbuilding enterprises and more than 400 inland watercraft builders, with a combined annual design capacity of around 3.5 million deadweight tonnes (DWT). Although the shipyards under the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) are undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, they have secured sufficient orders to ensure employment for their workforce until the end of 2028.

Cambodian National Assembly President Samdech Khuon Sudary has contributed the following article to Nhan Dan Newspaper on the occasion of her official visit to Viet Nam from July 27 to 29. The full text follows.

Throughout the long history of nation building and national defence, the traditions of “when drinking water, remember its source” and “repaying gratitude” have become the spiritual wellspring of the Vietnamese nation, nurturing the country's resilience, determination, and aspiration for progress.