The event was held on the 58th founding anniversary of the Southeast Asian bloc (August 8, 1967-2025).

Việt Nam and Angola marked 50 years of diplomatic ties with a ceremony in Luanda attended by President Lương Cường during his state visit.

Delivering a keynote policy address at a special plenary session of the Angolan National Assembly on August 7, President Luong Cuong affirmed that his state visit to Angola reflects Vietnam’s commitment to deepening its relationship with one of the most trusted partners in Africa.

Angolan National Assembly Speaker Carolina Cerqueira welcomed President Lương Cường’s visit as a message of friendship and mutual respect, praising Việt Nam as 'a friend always in our hearts.'

Trade performance has also remained strong. In July alone, total import-export turnover reached $82.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16.8 per cent.

Highlighting Angola as one of Việt Nam’s leading partners in Africa, State President Lương Cường noted that there remains ample room to strengthen cooperation and proposed that the two countries build their development partnership as a model for South–South cooperation.

Chairwoman of the Japan–Việt Nam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance (JVPFA) Obuchi Yuko is leading a Japanese delegation on a working visit to Việt Nam.

The Prime Minister emphasized the significance of maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, promoting growth, and improving the harmony between monetary and fiscal policies, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son told a press conference in Hanoi on August 7.

A new 25-member Party Committee for the 2025-30 term was elected at the congress.

The statue of late President Hồ Chí Minh in Luanda was inaugurated in July 2023, and has since become a meaningful site of remembrance for overseas Vietnamese in Angola and visiting delegations from Việt Nam.

Chairing the Government’s regular July meeting on August 7, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked for flexible and effective response to US reciprocal tariffs, along with solutions to renew traditional growth drivers while promoting new ones to achieve the 8.3–8.5 percent growth target for the whole year.

The visit is made at the invitation of President of the Republic of Korea Lee Jae Myung and his spouse, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.

Addressing the 9^th “For National Security” Emulation Congress hosted by the Ministry of Public Security in Hanoi on August 6, the Prime Minister said that the People’s Public Security force has made significant contributions to maintaining political stability, building an increasingly civilized, safe, and healthy society, and ensuring a peaceful, happy, and prosperous life for the people.

President Luong Cuong's state visit to Angola is an occasion for the two sides to discuss orientations and measures for elevating their ties to a new level in a more substantive, effective, and sustainable manner, thereby meeting each country’s development and international integration demand in the new context.

PM Phạm Minh Chính urged by the end of September 2025, all households whose homes were destroyed or who had to be evacuated must be allocated land and provided with safe, culturally appropriate new houses.

Deputy PM Trần Hồng Hà stressed that while model housing designs should be flexible and updated regularly, they must also ensure quality, enable replication on a broader scale and allow room for creativity among architects and developers.

Việt Nam has revised its 2025 GDP growth target upwards to 8.3–8.5 per cent, replacing an earlier goal of 8 per cent, under a sweeping new resolution that outlines immediate action across all sectors and regions.

During the visit, President Lương Cường is scheduled to engage in high-level talks with his counterpart João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, meet with Speaker of the National Assembly Carolina Cerqueira, and have a working session with leaders of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola

The National Assembly’s forum on oversight for national development featured two overview reports, two short documentaries, eight presentations, nearly 50 written contributions from experts and organisations, and about 20 in-depth discussions across two thematic sessions.

As of July 1, the movement had gathered 8,497 cities from 166 countries and territories, including seven from Việt Nam namely Hà Nội, HCM City, Hải Phòng, Đà Nẵng, Đà Lạt, Huế, and Bắc Ninh.