Policy boost urged as financial leasing hits 40.7 trillion VND in Q1

Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Yvan Gil Pinto underscored the crucial role of people-to-people diplomacy in deepening bilateral ties, calling for expanded cultural and academic exchanges, stronger business links, and increased student engagements between the two countries.

Colonel Praveen Thomas noted that the visit marks an important milestone in bilateral cooperation between India and Vietnam. It further strengthens the India–Vietnam partnership in the Indo-Pacific region, contributing to maritime security and safety, sustainable marine resource management, and strategic regional integration.

The leaders agreed to continue to effectively implement the agreements between the two countries, promote cooperation in traditional areas such as trade - investment, science - technology, education - training, national defence - security, medicine - pharmacy, culture - tourism and people-to-people exchange, and expand collaboration to areas where both sides have strengths and needs such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and labour.

To enhance coordination between relevant agencies of ASEAN and Russia in responding to traditional and non-traditional security challenges in the coming time, Vietnam's Minister of Public Security suggested that the two sides seriously and effectively implement their joint statements, plans and cooperation programmes; and establish a dialogue mechanism to respond to security challenges.

The bill contains three articles, focusing on two major policies – one to relax the conditions for acquiring Vietnamese nationality, aiming to facilitate cases where an individual has a biological father, mother, paternal or maternal grandparents who are Vietnamese citizens; as well as investors, scientists, and foreign experts who wish to acquire Vietnamese nationality.

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

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son welcomed Dominica’s proposal to open a resident embassy and appoint its first ambassador to Vietnam, noting that the Vietnamese Government had officially approved the move.

Ngoc said that fostering sustainable and long-term ties, enhancing political trust and deepening substantive cooperation with China remain a consistent policy, an objective requirement, a strategic choice, and a top priority in Vietnam’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification of relations.

Offering a historical perspective, the photos serve as a rare window into the architecture, customs, and daily life of Vietnam more than a century ago - and are now being publicly displayed for the first time.

PM Chinh asked Moolenaar and US congressmen to continue to pay attention to and support the development of the relationship between the two sides, including considering removing Vietnam from the strategic export control list (D1-D3) and promoting the process of considering the recognition of Vietnam's market economy status.

He requested that the State's monopoly on gold bullion branding should be dismantled in a controlled way, with the principle that the government retains oversight of bullion production.

On the tariff issue, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Policies and Strategies Tran Luu Quang called for continued negotiations based on a cooperative spirit and understanding of each other's demands, aiming for a harmonious agreement that protects the interests of both sides and reflects the current state of bilateral ties.

Chairman Man warmly welcomed President Tamas and his spouse, along with the Hungarian high-ranking delegation, on their official visit to Vietnam, assessing the visit as an important event, which takes place at a time when Vietnam and Hungary are celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations, and affirms the determination of leaders of the two countries in promoting bilateral relations.

With five themes, the ongoing exhibition highlights Chi Minh as a symbol of patriotism, peace, cultural exchange, and national development. It also showcases images of Japan’s cherry blossoms and Vietnam’s lotus flowers, representing the two nations’ shared cultural values.

On tariff matters, Phuong welcomed the outcomes of recent negotiations and urged the visiting delegation to convey to President Donald Trump and the US administration that Vietnam treasures its relationship with the US and is keen to see continued mutual benefits from bilateral trade, investment and economic cooperation.

The two leaders agreed to enhance political trust and connections between their countries and ruling parties, expand high-level and sectoral exchanges, and strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, science, technology, innovation, and education.

The visit, which reflects Vietnam’s commitment to deepening ties with neighbouring countries, strategic and key partners as laid out in the foreign policy adopted at the 13th National Party Congress, marked a big step forward for the Vietnam - Malaysia relationship, which has been upgraded to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Son said.

This was the first official visit to Malaysia by a Vietnamese PM in a decade, and the first visit by a key Vietnamese leader since the two countries elevated their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership in November last year.

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

President Luong Cuong stressed that the Hungarian President’s official visit is a significant event that contributes to creating a breakthrough in deepening and enhancing the effectiveness of the Vietnam–Hungary Comprehensive Partnership.