General Secretary To Lam has expressed his appreciation for the active and consistent contributions of the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam (Vietnam APPG) to advancing Vietnam–UK relations across various fields.

Vietnam and the UK have officially upgraded their diplomatic relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership. This historic move means Vietnam now has comprehensive strategic partnerships with all five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

General Secretary To Lam on October 29 met with executives from several leading British corporations and international financial institutions as part of his official visit to the United Kingdom.

President Luong Cuong has landed in Busan to begin his official participation in the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Week and bilateral engagements in South Korea.

US President Donald Trump, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and Japan’s new Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, along with other world leaders, have agreed to Vietnam’s proposal to strengthen high-level delegation exchanges.

President Luong Cuong leads high-level Vietnamese delegation to attend the APEC 2025 Economic Leaders’ Week and engage in bilateral meetings in Seoul.

Vietnam has thanked international partners and diplomats for supporting recovery efforts after Typhoons Bualoi and Matmo, Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined other ASEAN leaders and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at the ASEAN–New Zealand Commemorative Summit on October 28, marking the 50th anniversary of their partnership.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong held their second annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 28 on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 28 joined leaders of ASEAN member states and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the 5th ASEAN – Australia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, part of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Permanent Secretary of the Singaporean Ministry of Defence Chan Heng Kee co-chaired the 16th Vietnam–Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue in central Da Nang city on October 28.

PM Pham Minh Chinh met with Brunei’s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim, and Timor-Leste PM Xanana Gusmão on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 28.

The Vietnamese delegation, led by PM Chinh, participated actively and contributed effectively to nearly 20 multilateral activities within the framework of the summits, sharing several strategic directions shaping ASEAN’s future.

Deputy PM Nguyen Chi Dung’s participation provides an opportunity for Vietnam to present its dynamic business environment, new incentive policies, and priority national projects aimed at attracting high-quality capital from the Middle East.

The Border Guard Command of Vietnam’s northern province of Lao Cai and the Honghe border management unit in China’s Yunnan province jointly held a drill on preventing illegal border crossings on October 28.

Party General Secretary To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attended a seminar with leading strategists on artificial intelligence (AI) and technology in the UK and the world, which was held in London on October 28.

Party General Secretary To Lam delivered a policy address to professors, lecturers, researchers, students and friends of Vietnam at the University of Oxford on the afternoon of October 28 (local time) as part of his ongoing official visit to the UK.

Residents of Abyei, a disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan, celebrated with dance and music on October 27 as Vietnamese military engineers completed the restoration of the Banton Bridge.

On the morning of October 28, General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, Ngo Phuong Ly, departed Hanoi for an official visit to the United Kingdom at the invitation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

A delegation from Vietnam’s Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Hai Trung, has arrived in the Kingdom of Cambodia to attend the 3rd Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia Buddhist Summit.