Huge potential remains for stronger Vietnam – Slovakia cooperation

The two sides concurred to promote dialogue mechanisms and regular delegation exchanges, enhance information and experience sharing across various sectors, including legislation. They also consented to support each other at inter-parliamentary forums.

PM Pham Minh Chinh proposed collaboration with Tallinn’s port authorities, urging partnerships in technology, infrastructure investment, and expertise sharing to advance Vietnam’s port system in the spirit of mutual benefits.

Vietnam’s holding of an important position within a high-standard international organisation like the OECD demonstrates a step to realise the foreign policy outlined at the 13th National Party Congress and in Directive 25-CT/TW on promoting and elevating multilateral diplomacy by 2030, issued by the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.

Party General Secretary To Lam noted considerable progress in political trust, alongside economic, tourism, and sci-tech collaboration, positioning Vietnam and the RoK as key partners on the back of leaders’ political will and support of their people.

The apparatus reorganisation must assure smooth operation of organisations and agencies and avoid disruptions to the activities of the Party, administrations, citizens, and businesses, President Luong Cuong told officials of the two provinces.

The National Assembly Standing Committee voted unanimously to approve in principle a resolution reorganising commune-level administrative units during its ongoing 46th session in Hanoi on June 5.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

General Secretary Lam emphasised that the committee must focus on strategic, high-impact issues outlined in Resolution No. 66-NQ/TW issued on April 30, 2025 by the Politburo on renovating law-making and law enforcement to meet the requirements of national development in the new era, prioritising urgent matters and accelerating progress toward achieving the 2025 targets, particularly removing legal bottlenecks hindering development.

The State President acknowledged Quang Ninh’s strong performance in socio-economic development, Party building and rectification, and in maintaining national defence, security, and public order. He praised the province’s efforts in safeguarding territorial integrity, expanding external affairs, and advancing international cooperation.

This is the first visit to Estonia by a Vietnamese PM since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992, aiming to promote the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries to a new level.

Both sides lauded the progress in bilateral cooperation and expressed their appreciation for solidarity and mutual sacrifices in the past struggles for national liberation as well as the present process of nation development and construction.

Nam noted that the Czech Republic has great potential for cooperation with Vietnamese localities, especially in areas such as machinery and equipment manufacturing, science and technology, chemicals, fertilisers and pharmaceuticals.

Speaking to the media on the occasion of the Vietnamese PM’s visit to France to attend the conference, co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, and engage in a range of bilateral activities, the diplomat remarked that Vietnam’s presence and voice at the conference are particularly meaningful.

Member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and deputy head of its the Commission for Information and Education and Mass Mobilisation Lai Xuan Mon said that the CPV always treasures and strengthens relations with Hungary in general and with political parties in Hungary in particular, including the MSZP, describing Imre's ongoing visit as an occasion for both sides to exchange orientations and specific measures to futher enhance cooperation between the two parties.

The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

The trip is being made at the invitations of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

Expressing his delight at new developments in the relations between Vietnam and Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev said he hopes trade between the two countries will continue to grow.

The merger of Can Tho, and Soc Trang and Hau Giang, along with restructuring of the administrative apparatus and perfecting a two-tier governance model, presents a historic opportunity to “redesign” a more streamlined, smarter, and better-connected governance system.

From now until late 2025, Vietnam aims to eliminate at least 30% of business-related conditions; and cut processing time for administrative procedures and compliance costs by at least 30%.

Tran Luu Quang, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for Policies and Strategies, called on the JVPFA and Takebe Tsutomu, Special Advisor to the JVPFA, himself to continue contributing to the promotion of cultural ties, people-to-people exchanges, and human resource training, thereby further deepening the friendly and cooperative relationship between the two nations.