Highlights of the past week: National conference to disseminate the Resolution of the 14th Party Congress; Gold market continues to experience strong fluctuations.

During the week of February 2-8, several notable events took place domestically: the National Conference to disseminate the Resolution of the 14th Party Congress; General Secretary To Lam attended the 10th Golden Hammer and Sickle Award Ceremony and honored outstanding Party branch secretaries; the First Spring Fair of 2026; and the gold market experienced significant fluctuations, with the price difference compared to the world market reaching nearly 22 million VND/ounce.

National Conference to Disseminate Resolution of the 14th National Congress of the Party

This week, on February 7th in Hanoi, the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party held a national conference to study, understand, and implement the Resolution of the 14th National Congress of the Party. The conference was held in person at the Dien Hong Hall, National Assembly Building, and also online to more than 31,000 locations from the central to local levels, with over 1.9 million delegates participating.

General Secretary To Lam delivers a speech at the National Conference on studying, learning, understanding, and implementing the Resolution of the 14th National Congress of the Party. Photo: Phuong Hoa/TTXVN

The conference heard 10 presentations by members of the Politburo on important tasks of the 14th National Congress, such as: Some new, core issues and experiences of 40 years of reform in the Party's 14th National Congress documents; the Action Program to implement the Resolution of the 14th National Congress of the Party; the report summarizing Party building work during the 13th National Congress term and summarizing 15 years of implementing the Party Charter (2011-2025), directions, tasks, and solutions for Party building work and implementation of the Party Charter during the 14th National Congress term; an assessment of 5 years of implementing the 10-year socio -economic development strategy 2021-2030 and the socio-economic development plan 2026-2030…

Based on that, the Conference unanimously agreed on the main directions, tasks, and solutions across 10 groups of Party building work; at the same time, it emphasized three breakthrough solutions: Firstly, enhancing the capacity for self-renewal and self-improvement to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the Party's leadership and governance; improving the capacity for planning and organizing the implementation of the Party's policies and guidelines; promoting administrative reform within the Party; and effectively implementing the new model of the political system's organizational structure to ensure smooth operation and meet the requirements of national development in the new development stage.

Secondly, we must continue to vigorously innovate personnel work to ensure objectivity, democracy, substance, and effectiveness, especially in the assessment and evaluation of cadres in accordance with the principle of "in and out," "promotion and demotion"; focus on improving the quality of cadres at all levels, especially strategic-level and grassroots-level cadres; strengthen discipline and order, promote decentralization, and ensure tight and effective control of power.

Thirdly, we must focus on the Party's inspection, supervision, and disciplinary work; resolutely and persistently promote the fight against corruption, waste, and negative phenomena.

In his directive speech at the Conference, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the National Assembly needs to strongly promote its supreme legislative and supervisory role, ensuring that all major policies of the Party are promptly, synchronously, and practically institutionalized within the legal system. Each law enacted must truly be capable of paving the way for development, removing obstacles, unlocking resources, and not creating additional procedures or unreasonable compliance costs for citizens and businesses.

On the other hand, the Government and ministries, departments, and localities must shift strongly from the role of "issuing policies" to the role of "organizing the implementation of policies to the end," using substantive development results as a measure of governance capacity. In addition, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations have the responsibility to promote the role of social supervision and criticism, and to mobilize "citizens and businesses to participate in the implementation of resolutions and supervision from the grassroots to the central level." Supervision and criticism must be substantive, focusing on issues of direct concern to the people, bottlenecks in policy implementation, and the specific social impacts of the Resolution…

The General Secretary requested that, immediately after the Conference, each Party committee, each Party organization, each Party member, each agency and unit, especially the head of each organization, must proactively shift from "correct understanding" to "effective implementation"; from "high determination" to "clear results"; and combine "direction and management" with "inspection, supervision, and accountability" in implementing the 10 groups of tasks with specific timelines for implementation and completion...

General Secretary To Lam attended the 10th Golden Hammer and Sickle Award Ceremony and commended outstanding Party Branch Secretaries.

To commemorate the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam, to celebrate the Party and the Nation, and to welcome the New Year of the Horse 2026, this week, on February 3rd at the Ho Guom Theater in Hanoi, the Central Organizing Committee, in coordination with the Communist Magazine, Nhan Dan Newspaper, Vietnam Television, and the Vietnam Journalists Association, organized the Ceremony to honor outstanding Party Branch Secretaries and present the 10th National Journalism Award on Party Building - the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award. General Secretary To Lam attended and delivered a speech at the ceremony.

General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh present the A prize to the team of authors from VietnamPlus online newspaper, Vietnam News Agency. Photo: Phuong Hoa/VNA.

The 10th Golden Hammer and Sickle Award in 2025 was launched on January 20, 2025. By the deadline for submissions, the Award's Standing Committee, the Communist Magazine, had received a total of 2,296 entries, including print articles, e-commerce products, television programs, radio programs, and photojournalism.

The final judging panel selected the best works and submitted them to the Steering Committee of the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award for a decision on awarding 6 A prizes, 13 B prizes, 18 C prizes, 10 special prizes, and 35 Encouragement prizes, and commended 15 collectives with outstanding achievements in organizing and implementing the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award at the local level.

Speaking at the awards ceremony, General Secretary To Lam highly appreciated the increasing number of works that have identified and addressed shortcomings, limitations, and issues arising in the work of Party building and rectification, pressing problems, and current "bottlenecks," and sought solutions, strengthening critical thinking, fighting spirit, and constructive approach. Many works have attracted public attention and contributed to suggesting practical solutions to help Party committees and governments at all levels overcome difficulties and obstacles, promote development; widely disseminate the Party's major policies, helping cadres, Party members, and people to understand and act correctly.

On this occasion, the leaders of the Party and State presented commendation plaques to 96 outstanding Party branch secretaries nationwide, selected and nominated by Party committees at all levels. These are Party branch secretaries who have excellently fulfilled their assigned tasks, possess prestige, have many achievements, have good models and innovative approaches, bringing concrete and practical results in Party building, socio-economic development, improving the lives of the people in their localities, and building national unity...

First Spring Fair 2026

Last week, the first Spring Fair 2026, themed “Connecting Prosperity - Welcoming a Glorious Spring,” opened in the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. The fair takes place from February 2nd to 13th at the Vietnam Exhibition Center, Dong Anh commune, Hanoi. This is a national-level trade promotion event, the opening of a series of annual national fairs, and a key highlight in the activities to stimulate consumer demand, develop the domestic market, and promote Vietnamese brands during the Lunar New Year of the Horse 2026, fostering investment, trade, and cultural connections.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits booths at the first Spring Fair - 2026. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

The fair features 2,500 businesses, with 3,000 booths, taking place in over 100,000 m2 indoors and over 45,000 m2 outdoors, showcasing Vietnamese cultural identity through unique art festivals with the participation of numerous famous artists.

The fair is organized as a spring journey across Vietnam, structured into 8 prominent content zones, including: Local areas; "Springtime in the Homeland - Products from Around the World"; "Vietnamese Agricultural Products - Spreading the Colors of Spring"; "Prosperous Spring"; Exhibition of the Value Chain of the Textile, Leather, Wood and Handicraft Industries; "Tet Reunion" space; "The Quintessence of Vietnamese Culture"; and the outdoor "The Flavor of Spring Connecting", creating a harmonious picture of economy - culture - consumption - experience, spreading confidence and aspirations for the country's development and integration.

Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that the First Spring Fair in 2026 is a continuation of the brilliant successes of the "80 Years of Independence - Freedom - Happiness" exhibition showcasing national achievements, with unprecedented scale and reach, along with many other distinctive political, economic, and cultural events.

The fair will unleash a new wave of vitality for the country's economy, trade, and services; it will be a driving force to ignite the flame of labor and production, spread the spirit of innovation and creativity, awaken the aspiration to contribute and create value for the development of the entire society; at the same time, it will establish and strengthen consumer confidence; and create momentum and a strong impetus to promote double-digit economic growth right from the beginning of the year.

The gold market continues to experience significant fluctuations, with the price of gold differing from the world price by nearly 22 million VND per ounce.

Last week, the domestic gold market continued to experience significant fluctuations. On the last trading day of the week, the price of gold bars from brands such as SJC, Doji, Bao Tin Manh Hai, PNJ, Phu Quy, etc., all surged by nearly 3 million VND/ounce compared to the previous day, reaching 176.3 – 179.3 million VND/ounce (buying and selling price) and a difference of nearly 22 million VND/ounce compared to the world price. The price of gold rings also increased sharply on the last trading day of the week, reaching approximately 176 - 179 million VND/ounce (buying and selling price), an increase of nearly 3 million VND/ounce.

People choose to buy and sell gold at reputable gold shops and businesses to ensure safety and protect their rights.

On the international market, at the end of last week, the price of gold was traded at $4,966 per ounce, an increase of nearly $100 per ounce compared to the previous session. The world gold price, converted using the listed exchange rate, is approximately VND 156.5 million per tael. According to the Ministry of Finance, domestic gold prices fluctuate in the same direction as world gold prices and have increased by about 8.65% compared to the end of January 2026.

The main reason is the increased flow of investment capital into gold, coupled with continuous net buying by central banks. Domestically, gold prices closely follow global trends, combined with increased demand for hoarding and investment amidst the instability of alternative investment channels, keeping gold prices at a high level with no signs of cooling down. The domestic gold price index is currently up 5.02% compared to the previous month and up 77% compared to the same period last year.

In this context, according to economic experts, investors need to closely monitor domestic and international market developments and limit the purchase of gold based on promissory notes to minimize risks. Contractual commitments on paper may not be fulfilled when businesses face supply difficulties or legal issues, and buyers may not receive the gold as scheduled. Furthermore, if investing in gold at this time, buyers need to develop financial discipline, clearly defining profit-taking and stop-loss points to avoid the situation of "being too greedy to sell, too afraid to cut losses," leading to heavy losses when the market reverses...

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