Party General Secretary To Lam gave a reception in Hanoi on January 14 for visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, and Chairman of the National Defence and Security Council, handed over promotion decisions to senior public security and military officers during a ceremony in Hanoi on October 20.​

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined local people in Sin Ho district's Sa De Phin commune, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau, in the festival of great national unity on November 19 on the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) (November 18, 1930 - 2023).