The National Steering Committee on International Integration summarizes the work in 2025 and implements tasks in 2026

Comrade Le Quang Hoa, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, and other delegates attend the conference at the Provincial People's Council – the Provincial People's Committee’s Headquarters.

According to the report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, despite the turbulent global context, Vietnam's international integration work in 2025 achieved positive and comprehensive results. Under the close guidance of the Party and Government, the implementation of Resolution No. 59-NQ/TW dated January 24, 2025, of the Politburo on international integration in the new situation has created a strong shift in the thinking and actions of the entire political system. Economically, Vietnam has achieved record-breaking achievements with total import and export turnover expected to reach US$920 billion and GDP growth exceeding 8%, bringing the size of the economy to approximately US$510 billion. Integration in politics, defense, and security continues to be strengthened through upgrading relations with 17 partners and actively participating in United Nations peacekeeping operations. In addition, significant milestones have been attained in science and technology, innovation, culture, and education, contributing to enhancing the country's position and soft power on the international stage. Looking ahead to 2026, Vietnam continues to aim for deep and substantive integration, with people and businesses at the center, for sustainable and self-reliant development.

In 2025, Hung Yen province's international integration efforts achieved positive results, making a significant contribution to promoting socio-economic growth and enhancing the province's position. The province's GRDP is estimated at over 166 trillion VND, seeing an increase of 8.78%, placing it among the top 10 high-growth localities nationwide.

Hung Yen continues to affirm its position as an attractive destination for investors with over 4,000 active projects, including 941 FDI projects, with a total registered capital of over 17.2 billion USD. In 2025 alone, the province attracted 162 new projects, with a total newly registered and adjusted investment capital of nearly 141 trillion VND and over 630 million USD.

International integration also strongly promotes export activities. Export turnover in 2025 is estimated at approximately US$12 billion, with key products gradually and effectively utilizing new generation free trade agreements such as CPTPP, EVFTA, UKFTA, expanding markets to the United States, the EU, Japan, South Korea, and ASEAN.

Through integration, the province's investment and business environment continues to improve, the competitiveness and product quality of businesses are enhanced, creating an important foundation for Hung Yen to strive for double-digit growth and expand international cooperation in the coming period.

Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister and Head of the National Steering Committee on International Integration Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that international integration is the undertaking of the entire people and the entire political system, under the leadership of the Party and the management of the State, with the people and businesses as the center, subjects, and driving force. The overarching goal is to enhance the potential, position, and prestige of the nation, strengthen strategic initiative in foreign relations; improve people's lives.

To build upon the achievements in international integration in 2026, the Prime Minister requested ministries, sectors, and localities to proactively implement international integration according to their functions, in line with the Party's guidelines, the State's policies and laws, and in accordance with practical conditions and development trends, emphasizing effectiveness, substance, and depth. To focus on renewing thinking on foreign affairs and international integration; improve the quality of economic integration linked to science and technology, national defense and security, and culture; promote political and national defense and security integration with close coordination between foreign affairs, national defense, and security, forming a "comprehensive long-range defense line." Along with that, renew integration in science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, promote the signing and effective implementation of international commitments; and enhance the coordinating role of the National Steering Committee on International Integration in resolving obstacles.

The Prime Minister also requested that ministries, sectors, and localities continue to uphold the spirit of "commitments must be fulfilled, and implementation must be effective," and "only moving forward, not backward" making international integration an important driving force for national development, in line with the spirit of Resolution 59 of the Politburo.

*Earlier that morning, Comrade Pham Minh Chinh, Member of the Politburo, Prime Minister, and Head of the National Steering Committee on International Integration, chaired a national conference to summarize the work of urging and implementing commitments and agreements in high-level activities during the 2021-2025 term.