Martyrs’ Remains Drive: Deputy PM Pham Thi Thanh Tra ordered completion of a comprehensive database on fallen soldiers—covering remains, graves, cemeteries and records—by year-end, as Vietnam’s 500-day search campaign reports 1,715 sets collected (24.5% of target) and mine/UXO clearance reaching 51.9% of the planned area. Vietnam–New Zealand State Visit: Party General Secretary and President Tô Lâm’s New Zealand trip is framed as a shift from pledges to delivery under the 2025 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, with talks with PM Christopher Luxon and Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, plus joint statements stressing trade, education, agriculture, science-tech, defence-security and climate cooperation. Vietnam–Australia Deepening Partnership: During Tô Lâm’s Australia visit, leaders agreed to deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership via economic resilience and “open, reliable” supply chains for critical minerals, semiconductors and clean energy, alongside defence, maritime and border security, digital economy and health cooperation. Overseas Vietnamese Policy: A Party resolution on overseas Vietnamese (Việt kiều) highlights a new approach to treating communities as strategic resources and bridges for integration and development. Governance Reform Watch: Commentary on Vietnam’s administrative overhaul says the Third Plenum’s focus is moving from streamlining to building state capacity to govern, tied to “four strategic shifts.” Hanoi Urban Planning: A major Red River Landscape Boulevard redevelopment plan—about 11,418 hectares and up to $28 billion—raises the question of who will fund Hanoi’s next growth engine.