General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam received Governor of Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture Kuroiwa Yuji in Ha Noi on November 12, during the latter’s visit to Viet Nam.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport on August 9 evening (local time), beginning a four-day state visit to Australia at the invitation of Governor-General Sam Mostyn.

The third plenum of the 14th Party Central Committee has marked a significant evolution in Viet Nam’s strategic thinking on national security, placing security at the heart of sustainable development and shifting the focus from responding to threats to preventing them before they emerge.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and other Party and State leaders attended the second meeting of the Central Steering Committee on Vietnamese Cultural Development on July 13.

The second meeting of the Central Military Commission for the 2025-2030 term was held in Ha Noi on the morning of June 24. Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, attended and delivered instructions at the event.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam chaired a working session with the education and training sector and relevant agencies on the morning of June 15 in preparations for the 2026-2027 academic year, as well as the implementation results of the Politburo’s Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in education and training development.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam chaired a working session with the Central Public Security Party Committee and relevant agencies to give opinions on the project “Building an orderly, disciplined, safe, healthy, civilised, harmonious and developed society”. The session was held at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, on the morning of June 3.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam held phone talks with President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Prime Minister of Japan Takaichi Sanae on April 13, voicing his belief that Japan will continue to grow, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

At the first session of the 16th National Assembly, Party General Secretary To Lam was elected President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for the 2026–2031 term with unanimous approval. This marked an important milestone in the process of institutional consolidation, enhancing leadership effectiveness, and improving the operational efficiency of Viet Nam’s political system to meet the country’s development requirements in the new phase.

Party General Secretary To Lam led a working delegation from the Party Central Committee to work with the Executive Committee of the Hai Phong Municipal Party Committee on March 16.

Party General Secretary To Lam has called for a stronger shift in inspection and supervision toward early and afar prevention, focusing on controlling power during governance and identifying risks before violations occur.

Party General Secretary To Lam chaired a working session with the Party Central Committee's Commission for Organisation in Ha Noi on March 5 morning to discuss solutions to improve the quality of grassroots officials, during which he highlighted that improving grassroots officials' quality must remain a regular and strategic task as it plays a decisive role in strengthening governance capacity, administrative effectiveness and the implementation of the country’s political missions.

The Navy must stay well-informed of the situation to provide timely and accurate advice for the Party, State, Central Military Commission, and Ministry of National Defence to firmly safeguard national sovereignty over seas and islands while maintaining a peaceful and stable maritime environment for national development, said the Party leader.

The Politburo’s Resolution 79-NQ/TW on developing the state-run economic sector and Resolution 80-NQ/TW on advancing Vietnamese culture aim to reinforce material and spiritual internal capacity, affirming the resolve to build an independent, self-reliant, dynamic, and efficient economy deeply integrated into global markets while building an advanced Vietnamese culture rich in national identity, said Party General Secretary To Lam.

The new era demands the implementation of “comprehensive foreign affairs at a new height”: Ensuring national interests at the highest; taking peace, independence, self-reliance and self-strengthening as the foundation; placing the people at the centre of all policies; and considering contributions to the international community as a responsibility.

The top Vietnamese leader’s participation in the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace demonstrates Viet Nam’s support for and readiness to engage in the international community’s common efforts for peace and development.

Party General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, on February 10 met with retired military generals to honour and express gratitude for their great contributions to national liberation and to the construction and defence of the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland, on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival 2026.

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.

Party General Secretary To Lam on February 4 underscored the pivotal role of the great national solidarity as the decisive source of strength to propel Viet Nam toward fast and sustainable development in the new era.

Party General Secretary To Lam and a working delegation of the Party Central Committee on January 29 offered flowers and incense in tribute to former Party General Secretaries Tran Phu and Ha Huy Tap, and visited the special national historical site of Dong Loc T-junction in the central province of Ha Tinh.