A delegation of the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee, led by General Secretary To Lam, on March 6 announced a decision to conduct an inspection and supervision over the Standing Board of the Ha Noi Party Committee in 2026.

The 14th National Congress of the Party has set out major orientations on foreign policy in the new development stage of the country.

Special Envoy of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam, Politburo member, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, paid a courtesy call on Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on February 24 as part of his Russian visit to brief the host side on the outcomes of the 14th National Congress of the CPV.

Science, technology and innovation must be the foundation to fulfil the country’s double-digit growth in the coming time, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, head of the Government’s Steering Committee on science and technology development, innovation, digital transformation and Project 06, while chairing the committee’s first meeting of 2026 on February 25.

Party General Secretary To Lam chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat in Ha Noi on February 24 to review a report on key issues in implementing the Secretariat’s Directive No. 55 on organising the Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations, during which he urged the entire political system to immediately return to work at full pace without delay.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for drastic efforts to promptly translate the culture-related contents of the 14th National Party Congress's Resolution and the Politburo’s Resolution No.80-NQ/TW on developing Vietnamese culture into concrete and effective actions.

In the early days of the Year of the Horse, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam To Lam conducted his trip to the US to attend the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace as a founding member at the invitation of US President Donald Trump, affirming a new mindset and new momentum for Viet Nam on its path towards realising national development goals.

Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung has underscored the special significance of Party General Secretary To Lam’s trip to Washington D.C. to attend the inaugural meeting of the Gaza Board of Peace from Fenbruary 18 – 20, describing it as a milestone in Viet Nam’s high-level multilateral diplomacy.

Homeland Spring 2026 is inspiring pride and a sense of responsibility among overseas Vietnamese amid the country’s new opportunities. With strategic direction set out by the 14th National Party Congress and strengthened links between the homeland and the overseas Vietnamese community, the aspiration to build a strong and prosperous Viet Nam is increasingly becoming a shared action.

Party General Secretary To Lam on February 10 met with members of the subcommittees preparing for the 14th National Party Congress and the Steering Committee tasked with reviewing theoretical and practical issues related to Viet Nam's four-decade-long socialist-oriented Doi Moi (renewal) process.

Party General Secretary To Lam chaired a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on February 9 with former members of the Party Central Committee from southern provinces and cities who were unable to attend a similar gathering held previously in Ha Noi due to personal circumstances.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 9 chaired a ceremony to launch two key emulation movements aimed at swiftly translating the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress into practice, focusing on innovation, science and technology development, digital transformation and green tratransition; and strong development of private enterprises alongside improving efficiency of state-owned enterprises.

Participants listened to an important address by Party General Secretary To Lam, who outlined orientations, tasks and requirements for the Resolution implementation to turn it into action, action into results, and results into tangible improvements in people’s lives.

Organisational and personnel weaknesses must not be allowed to slow national progress, the Party General Secretary said, noting that time is a vital and non-renewable development resource, and delays in implementation risk wasting resources and missing opportunities for development.

The Congress added the perspectives of strategic autonomy and self-strengthening, and affirmed foreign affairs and international integration as a “key and regular” task, said Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung.

Minister of Public Security Gen. Luong Tam Quang said that amid increasingly complex domestic and international challenges to national construction and defence, the 14th Congress for the first time formally established the concept of comprehensive security, giving security an important role across all areas of national development.

The 14th National Party Congress thoroughly discussed and made decisions on strategic orientations for national defence based on a renewed mindset and perceptions, said Defence Minister Gen. Phan Van Giang.

The overall goal is to successfully achieve the target of becoming a developing country with modern industry and upper-middle income by 2030, and to realise the vision of becoming a developed, high-income country by 2045, according to Chairman of the Commission for Policies and Strategies Nguyen Thanh Nghi.

Elaborating the special significance of the 14th National Party Congress, Trinh Van Quyet underscored that the event marked a development turning point, shaping a new development mindset and establishing a depth and quality-based growth model driven by science – technology, innovation, and knowledge, to replace the capital-, resource- and low-cost labour-based growth model.

The 14th Party Congress determined that the Party Statutes, along with the Political Platform for national construction during the transitional period to socialism, will be supplemented and amended at the 15th National Party Congress, which coincides with the 100th founding anniversary of the Party.