At the January 8 conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh underscored the need to bolster strategic autonomy, consolidate national defense – security, improve the economy’s self-reliance and resilience, and proactively respond to external shocks.
Addressing a national conference reviewing the Government’s performance in 2025 and outlining tasks for 2026, held on January 8, Party General Secretary To Lam commended the Government, ministries, local authorities, the business community, and the people at home and abroad for their concerted efforts and achievements in 2025 and throughout the 2021–2025 period.
This aims to upgrade their economic cooperation model, effectively leveraging each country's comparative advantages, and creating new momentum for bilateral trade and investment.
Such a proposal is raised during the National Assembly's discussions on a draft law amending and supplementing certain provisions of the Geology and Mineral Law on December 1.