Newly-elected State President Luong Cuong took the oath of office in Hanoi on October 21, pledging absolute loyalty to the Fatherland, the people and the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and all-out efforts to fulfil tasks assigned by the Party, State and people.

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob delivered an inaugural speech which was televised nationwide on August 22, a day after he took office.