Brunei Sultan concludes State visit to Vietnam

At noon on December 2, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah left Hanoi, successfully concluding his State visit to Vietnam from November 30 to December 2, 2025, at the invitation of President Luong Cuong.

President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh , Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and Prince of Brunei Abdul Mateen attended a reception on the evening of December 1, 2025. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA

During his visit to Vietnam, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah attended an official welcoming ceremony, held talks with President Luong Cuong, met with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam, and met with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

During the meetings, talks and conferences, the Vietnamese leaders welcomed the Sultan of Brunei to his seventh visit to Vietnam, believing that this visit will promote the Vietnam-Brunei Comprehensive Partnership to develop more practically and effectively. The Vietnamese leaders highly appreciated the great achievements that Brunei has made in building and developing the country, especially good economic growth, guaranteed social security with the human development index ranked in the "very high" group in the world; wishing Brunei to successfully implement the National Development Vision to 2035.

Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah expressed his pleasure to visit Vietnam again since 2019 and wished to further promote the Comprehensive Partnership between Brunei and Vietnam. The Sultan sent his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and sent his regards to the people in the areas affected by floods and landslides.

The leaders of the two countries expressed satisfaction with the positive development of the Vietnam - Brunei Comprehensive Partnership in recent times; high-level and all-level contacts have been maintained regularly; bilateral trade turnover in 2024 increased by 165% compared to 2023, completing the target of 500 million USD in 2025 ahead of schedule; cooperation in the fields of defense - security, fisheries, oil and gas, education... has many positive results.

Discussing the future cooperation orientation, the leaders of the two countries agreed to enhance political trust; promote and facilitate trade and investment activities, enhance connectivity, support businesses in exchanging information and finding partners; effectively exploit the potential for cooperation between the two countries in other fields such as agriculture, fisheries, Halal, culture, tourism and people-to-people exchange...

On this occasion, the leaders of the two countries issued the Vietnam - Brunei Darussalam Joint Statement, affirming their commitment to further strengthen cooperation in all fields.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/quoc-vuong-brunei-ket-thuc-chuyen-tham-cap-nha-nuoc-toi-viet-nam-20251202130118597.htm