Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation of Viet Nam left Ha Noi on August 30 evening for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2025 and a working visit to China from August 31 to September 1, at the invitation of the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the Ministry of Science and Technology to work with the Ministry of Construction and relevant agencies to swiftly finalise Vietnamese standards and regulations for high-speed railways by referencing and adopting international standards.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin on August 31 and September 1 at the invitation of the Chinese Government reflects the host’s respect for Viet Nam’s growing role and stature in the region and the world.

Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a working session in Ha Noi on August 28 with the standing boards of the Party Committees of Hai Phong city and Quang Ngai province to review draft documents and personnel proposals ahead of their Party Congresses for the 2025–2030 term.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged the justice sector to take the lead in implementing the Politburo's Resolution 66-NQ/TW on renovating lawmaking and enforcement, turning bottlenecks into breakthroughs, and enhancing national competitiveness.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 22 stressed the need to ensure equal access to education and training while chairing a national conference reviewing the 2024–2025 academic year and outlining tasks for 2025–2026.

National Data Centre No. 1 and the national database system based at this centre, launched on August 18, hold special strategic significance as they contribute to national digital transformation and the development of digital economy, society, workforce, and citizenship, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national online conference on August 16 to review the implementation of social housing development targets in the first seven months of 2025 and deploy tasks for the remaining months to achieve the goal of building 100,000 social housing apartments this year; as well as implementing social housing development targets in the following years.

Politburo member, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 8 attended the first congress of the Party Organisation of Tay Ho ward of Ha Noi for the 2025–2030 term, during which he called for fresh momentum to turn the ward into a model that takes the lead in all fields.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged accelerated and breakthrough actions across all sectors and levels of government so as to realise the nation’s socio-economic development targets amidst mounting global and domestic challenges.

Over the past 80 years, the People’s Public Security force has made significant contributions to maintaining political stability, building an increasingly civilised, safe, and healthy society, and ensuring a peaceful, happy, and prosperous life for the people, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said while addressing the 9th “For National Security” Emulation Congress hosted by the Ministry of Public Security in Ha Noi on August 6.

Viet Nam’s revolutionary stages over the past 80 years have seen great contributions of intellectuals, artists, and scientists, who are brave in combat, persistent in creativity, vanguard in innovation and dedicated in national construction, Party General Secretary To Lam said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on Korean conglomerates to share expertise and expand cooperation in Viet Nam’s digital and cryptocurrency sectors during a meeting with their leaders in Ha Noi on July 29.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on ministries and agencies to thoroughly assess the reorganisation of the administrative apparatus and evaluate the first month of operations under the two-tier local government model.

In tandem with completing the expressway, Quang Tri authorities and relevant agencies were instructed to prepare for and carry out land clearance for the North–South high-speed railway and coastal road projects.

Collecting DNA samples of unidentified martyrs’ relatives is a highly humanistic programme that is “an order from the heart” and reflects the sense of responsibility towards the persons laying down their lives for the Fatherland’s independence and freedom, as well as the people’s happiness, said PM Pham Minh Chinh.

While inspecting the operation of two-tier local administrations and public administrative service centres in Thoi Son ward in An Giang province and My Hiep commune in Dong Thap province on July 21, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underscored that under no circumstances, should the restructuring of administrative apparatus affect the material or spiritual well-being of residents.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a memorial and burial ceremony in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on July 21, commemorating 81 Vietnamese soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in Cambodia and Viet Nam, ahead of the 78th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued Dispatch No. 116/CD-TTg, urging strengthened nationwide efforts to prevent and control dengue fever amid rising infections.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh issued an official dispatch, requesting a focus on implementing the Party Central Committee’s Resolution and conclusions of the Politburo and the Secretariat on the restructuring of the political system’s organisational apparatus and the reorganisation of administrative units.