Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation will visit Laos and co-chair the 47th meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee from January 9-10, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ communiqué.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has underscored the pressing need to complete the restructuring and streamlining of the NA committees and NA Standing Committee agencies, departments and units under the NA Office.

A total of 264 heads and deputy heads of agencies were disciplined for failing to prevent corruption, while 73 individuals were criminally prosecuted for their negligence that allowed corrupt acts to occur, in the last five years, heard an online conference on December 24.

Party General Secretary To Lam, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, visited and had a working session at the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi on December 3.

State President Luong Cuong on November 28 hosted a banquet in honour of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, who is on a state visit to Vietnam.

Vietnam and Malaysia on November 21 issued a joint statement on upgrading bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam's official visit to Malaysia.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 17 (local time) attended a ceremony to inaugurate a plaque in commemoration of late President Ho Chi Minh in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil, where the Vietnamese revolutionary leader stayed in 1912 during his journey seeking ways to liberate the home country.

Party General Secretary To Lam on November 13 chaired a working session with the sub-committee for socio-economic affairs of the 14th National Party Congress.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for effective, responsible, and future-oriented investment, while addressing the eighth Edition of the Future Investment Initiative which is taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from October 29-31.

Leaders of China, Cambodia, Cuba and Russia have sent their congratulations to Luong Cuong on his fresh election as President of Vietnam.

The 15th-tenure National Assembly (NA) opened its 8th session in Hanoi on October 21.