Hanoi (VNA) – The following is a list of selected news summaries reported last night by the Vietnam News Agency.

- Party General Secretary To Lam, who is head of the central steering committee for perfecting institutions and laws, chaired its thematic meeting on August 5, during which he stressed that all legal bottlenecks that have been identified must be addressed early and thoroughly to prevent them from hindering development.

General Secretary Lam urged the Party Committees of the National Assembly (NA) and the Government to direct the inclusion of 25 out of 47 laws into the 2025 law-making agenda of the NA for approval at the upcoming 10th session of the 15th legislature, in order to promptly solve legal-related obstacles. Read full story

- State President Luong Cuong and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El‑Sisi on August 5 issued a joint statement on upgrading Vietnam - Egypt ties to a Comprehensive Partnership.

The upgrade of the bilateral relationship came as the two leaders held a tête-à-tête and official talks in Cairo as part of President Cuong’s state visit to Egypt. Read full story

- A Vietnamese delegation attended the 48th Meeting of the High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (48th HLTF-EI), which concluded in Malaysia on August 5, with key recommendations on ASEAN economic integration to be submitted to the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting scheduled for mid-September 2025.

The two-day event brought together representatives from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN Secretariat, and Timor-Leste, which participated as an observer. Read full story

- Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with the press to inform the outcomes of their talks on August 5 in Cairo as part of the former’s ongoing state visit to Egypt.

President El-Sisi warmly welcomed President Cuong and the high-level Vietnamese delegation. He emphasised that the visit, from August 3 to 6, is taking place at a very special time, as the two countries have enjoyed 60 years of cooperation and mutual support at all levels, which lays a solid foundation for the closeness and connection between the two states and peoples. Read full story

- State President Luong Cuong met with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on the afternoon of August 5 (local time), within the framework of his State visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Expressing his pleasure to meet with President Luong Cuong, PM Mostafa Madbouly affirmed that the visit is an important milestone, opening a new beginning in the good bilateral relationship between the two countries. Read full story

- As part of Vietnamese President Luong Cuong’s state visit to Egypt, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on August 5 met with Egyptian Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation Rania A. Al-Mashat, who also serves as Chair of the Egyptian Subcommittee of the Vietnam–Egypt Joint Committee.

Son praised Egypt’s impressive development achievements in various sectors and welcomed the two countries’ agreement to elevate their relationship to a Comprehensive Partnership. He proposed that the Joint Committee promptly develop an action plan to implement the joint statement issued during the visit. Read full story

- Nearly 16,000 officers and soldiers from units under the Ministries of National Defence and Public Security joined the second joint rehearsal for the military parade and march celebrating the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945 – 2025) and National Day (September 2, 1945 – 2025) in Hanoi on August 5.

Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Nghia, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), and head of the Subcommittee of Parade and Marching Organisation under the Ministry of National Defence, presided over the rehearsal, which aimed to evaluate performance and draw lessons for future sessions. Read full story

- Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of its Organisation Commission Le Minh Hung hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 5 for Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki.

Hung, who is Chairman of the Vietnam – Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group (VJPFG), expressed his delight at the substantive, effective and comprehensive development of Vietnam–Japan ties across multiple areas, with growing political trust and increasingly enhanced high-level exchanges and meetings. He emphasised that Japan remains a top economic partner of Vietnam, its largest provider of ODA and labour cooperation, third-largest investor and source of tourist arrivals, and fourth-largest trading partner./. Read full story