Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Hoài Trung bilaterally met with his counterparts from Panama, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Qatar, as part of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings in Manila, the Philippines, on Friday.

In a solemn ceremony, participants laid wreaths, offered incense and observed a minute's silence in honour of the Vietnamese and Lao martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the national liberation, independence and freedom of both countries.

The extraordinary session is scheduled to run from August 3 to 24, split into two phases.

Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng sent a congratulatory message to Mindaugas Sinkevičius on his election as Prime Minister of Lithuania.

Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Internal Affairs Lê Minh Trí expressed his confidence that under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at its core, the city will continue to achieve more successes.

The revised code proposes more progressive procedural rules to enhance adversarial proceedings, tighten power oversight and better protect human and citizens' rights. It will retain effective existing provisions, amend or repeal outdated regulations, and introduce new procedures to expedite case handling.

The centre is a core facility for APEC 2027, set to serve thousands of domestic and foreign journalists and hundreds of media outlets covering the event.

The groundbreaking ceremony underscored Việt Nam's commitment to strengthening international cooperation in building a safe, secure, trusted, and sustainable cyberspace.