The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations recently hosted an international seminar on tearing down the barriers that keep women from equal and inclusive involvement in international law.

The ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) is a visionary initiative of Vietnam that provides a valuable platform for collective reflection on the region’s future while demonstrating the country’s active role and responsibility in shaping discussions on regional development, according to a Cambodian expert.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung has called on Vietnam and Germany to adopt innovative approaches to cooperation and make better use of their complementary strengths in trade, investment, defence-security, science-technology, education and workforce development as the two countries seek to deepen their Strategic Partnership.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has called on Hanoi to set higher development goals and standards commensurate with its role as the nation’s political and administrative centre, stressing that the capital must make greater contributions to the country’s double-digit growth target.

Protecting the environment and adapting to climate change are among the key pillars of Vietnam’s new development model, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam said, stressing that investment in the environment and climate is an investment in sustainable development, public health, economic competitiveness and the nation’s future.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam received Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Hanoi on June 9, part of the Cambodian leader's official visit to Vietnam and participation in the ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) 2026.

Politburo member and Permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu received heads of delegations from political parties of Southeast Asian countries in Hanoi on June 8.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who is in Vietnam for an official visit and attendance at the third ASEAN Future Forum, in Hanoi on June 8.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung held talks with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet in Hanoi on June 8, right after the welcome ceremony for the latter.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's upcoming official visit to Vietnam and attendance at the third ASEAN Future Forum, which follows immediately after top Vietnamese leader To Lam’s official visit to Thailand in May, reflects the high regard the two countries’ leaders attach to one another and their determination to further advance the Vietnam–Thailand Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and his visiting Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone held talks in Hanoi on June 7, during which they sought measures to further elevate bilateral ties to a new height and specify the “strategic cohesion” dimension in the Vietnam-Laos relations.

A nationwide campaign calling for greater public participation in environmental protection was launched on June 6, in response to World Environment Day (June 5), World Oceans Day (June 8), the Month of Action for the Environment, and Vietnam Sea and Islands Week 2026.

Singaporean Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan has said that the keynote address delivered by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam at the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue reflected the alignment in strategic outlook between Singapore and Vietnam.

President Ho Chi Minh’s journey to seek a path for national salvation starting on June 5, 1911 was not only a turning point in Vietnam’s modern history but also a symbol of global interaction and exchange in Asia in the early 20th century, according to Professor Shimizu Masaaki of the University of Osaka.

Vietnam, as a State Party to UNCLOS 1982 and a coastal nation bordering the East Sea, always respects the rights to freedom of navigation and overflight of all countries in the East Sea in accordance with international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Vietnam must overhaul its development model based on science, technology, and digital transformation, while ensuring the safety of the ecological environment in order to achieve rapid, sustainable growth and high-income status, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam said in an article.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on June 3 chaired a working session with the Central Public Security Party Committee and relevant agencies on a project to build an orderly, disciplined, safe, healthy, civilised, harmonious and developed society in the new era, which will be submitted to the Politburo before being reported to the Party Central Committee for consideration and issuance of a resolution.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam chaired a working session in Hanoi on June 3 with the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission to review key tasks in Party building and organisational work in line with the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress.

Administrative reform isn’t not merely about slashing organisational units, but building a governance structure that is stronger, leaner, more accountable, more effective and better equipped to serve the public as the foundation for rapid, sustainable development in a new era, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam said.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has urged consideration of new regulations in June to create breakthrough mechanisms enabling the rapid introduction of key financial products and services for the Vietnam International Financial Centre (VIFC).