Representatives of the Japanese State and the Embassy of Vietnam in Japan welcome General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and his spouse at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo. (Photo: VNA)

    Top Vietnamese leader begins official visit to Japan

    The visit is expected to further translate the potential and achievements of bilateral cooperation into concrete outcomes, strengthen the longstanding bonds between the two countries and ensure that the friendship nurtured across generations continues to deliver lasting benefits to both peoples.

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    National target programmes disburse only 11.1% of 2026 plan

    The Ministry of Finance wants to tighten monitoring of all programmes and push allocation and disbursement, clear bottlenecks promptly or escalate issues beyond the other ministries' authority. Agencies and localities with weak disbursement must face inspection, pressure and correction.