Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has underlined that having the European Commission (EC)’s "yellow card" warning over illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing removed in 2025 and sustainably developing the fisheries sector is an urgent and essential task, one that must be completed without delay.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on international friends to cooperate with, support, and stand side by side with Viet Nam and its Ho Chi Minh City on the development path.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 25 had separate meetings with representatives from Gunma prefecture and the Japan-Viet Nam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance (JVPFA), and a delegation of Japanese local officials, who are in Viet Nam to attend the Viet Nam–Japan Local Cooperation Forum in Quang Ninh province.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on people across the country to provide greater assistance for south-central localities affected by recent floods while addressing the opening ceremony of the “Great National Unity – Vietnamese Cultural Heritage" Week 2025 in Ha Noi on November 24.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held separate meetings with his Dutch and Singaporean counterparts, Dick Schoof and Lawrence Wong, in Johannesburg on November 23, on the occasion of their attendance at the G20 Summit in South Africa.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested competent agencies to review households whose houses have collapsed, fallen down, or been swept away by floods, and arrange temporary accommodation for people; support and complete house repairs for people before November 30, 2025; and develop a project to build houses for people who lost their homes before January 31, 2026 so that they will have houses to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet).

In the face of extremely serious damage caused by floods, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is now in South Africa to attend the G20 Summit, chaired an urgent online meeting in the early morning of November 23 with leaders of ministries, agencies, and localities on the situation and urgent solutions to respond to floods and natural disasters in some central provinces.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Canadian PM Mark Carney and President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22 afternoon (local time) to discuss directions for strengthening connectivity and promoting trade and investment cooperation between member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the European Union (EU).

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with leaders of countries and international organisations on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on the business communities of Viet Nam and South Africa to enhance investment, solidarity, cooperation, and mutual support to secure shared successes, development, and happiness.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa agreed to elevate the bilateral ties to a Strategic Partnership during their meeting in Johannesburg on November 21, within the framework of the former’s working trip to attend the G20 Summit and bilateral activities in South Africa.

Algerian media on November 20 continued extensive coverage of the activities of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-level Vietnamese delegation in Algiers.

South Africa hopes and needs Viet Nam to be part of the G20 and also wants the world to understand that solidarity is a deliberate choice, South African Ambassador to Viet Nam Vuyiswa Tulelo has stated.

As part of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Algeria, his spouse Le Thi Bich Tran has visited children at the El Biar Child Protection Centre.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Algerian counterpart Sifi Ghrieb attended the Viet Nam – Algeria economic forum in Algiers on November 19 afternoon (local time), seeking to secure a productive and sustainable economic partnership between the two countries.

As part of his official visit to Kuwait, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 17 evening (local time) called on former Kuwaiti PM Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at his private residence, who has fostered and contributed to the strong development of Viet Nam-Kuwait relations over the past decades.

The PM suggested the two sides develop new orientations for Viet Nam – Laos cooperation in labour and national contributor affairs suited to the evolving context, paving the way for the signing of an agreement in this field to deepen and expand collaboration in the areas within their remit.

Viet Nam’s data exchange platform should be built on pioneering regulations, cutting-edge technologies, and a highly skilled workforce as its core drivers, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Concluding a conference on the establishment of the International Financial Centre (IFC) in Viet Nam on November 1, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underscored that despite challenges, efforts must be accelerated to ensure the centre is up and running this November.

A conference discussing the building of an international financial centre (IFC) in Viet Nam was held under the chair of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 1.