General Secretary and President Tô Lâm and General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping witnessed the signing ceremony, covering a wide range of areas between ministries, sectors, and localities of the two countries, including two documents related to railway development.

On April 16^th, 2026, in Ha Noi, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tuong Van held a meeting with a high-level business delegation from the US-ASEAN Business Council, co-led by Penny Burtt, President of Boeing Southeast Asia and Mr. Vu Tu Thanh, Acting Regional Managing Director and Head of USABC's representative office in Vietnam, to discuss strengthening cooperation in transport infrastructure, urban development, and logistics.

On the morning of April 16^th, 2026, in Hanoi, the Deputy Minister of Construction, Nguyen Tuong Van, met and worked with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Vietnam, Mr. Sherpa Wangchuk Tshering, to discuss bilateral cooperation and directions for promoting cooperation in the fields of aviation, maritime, railway, and transport infrastructure development.

From April 13 to 17, 2026, a Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Danh Huy attended the 113th session of the Legal Committee (LEG 113) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), held in London, United Kingdom.

From April 4–8, 2026, a working delegation from Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction, led by Deputy Minister Phạm Minh Hà, visited and worked in China to exchange experience in the design and construction of railway bridges and combined rail-road cable-stayed bridges for both rail and road traffic.

On April 7^th in Hanoi, Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh held a meeting with Laos Minister of Public Works and Transport Leklay Sivilay to discuss promoting key transport infrastructure connectivity projects under bilateral cooperation.

In implementation of the Ministry of Construction’s 2026 cooperation plan approved by the Prime Minister, from March 31st to April 3rd, 2026, delegation from the Ministry of Construction led by Deputy Minister Le Anh Tuan, attended the International Transport and Logistics Forum (ITLF) organized by the Government of the Russian Federation.

On the morning of March 25th, 2026, in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Danh Huy and Minister-Counselor for Economic and Commercial Affairs of the Embassy of China in Vietnam Wu Guoquan jointly witnessed the signing ceremony of the Agreement on the implementation of the technical assistance project for the planning of standard-gauge railway lines Dong Dang – Hanoi and Mong Cai - Ha Long - Hai Phong of Vietnam. The agreement was signed between Tran Thien Canh, Director General of the Vietnam Railway Authority (under the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam), and Zhang Guanban, Director General of the Department of International Economic Cooperation (under the Ministry of Commerce of China).

On March 24th, 2026, in Hanoi, the European Union (EU) Delegation to Vietnam and the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham), in coordination with the Ministry of Finance, organized the EU–Vietnam Business and Investment Forum under the theme “Global Gateway Strategy.”

On the morning of March 24th in Hanoi, Vice Minister of Construction Nguyen Tuong Van received and held a working session with Professor Zhang Shangwu, President of the Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute (China), and his delegation.