Prime Minister and his wife depart for a visit to Kuwait, Algeria and South Africa

(Dan Tri) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife, along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, have left for official visits to Kuwait and Algeria, to attend the G20 Summit and to hold bilateral activities in South Africa.

The visit of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife took place from November 16 to 24 at the invitation of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah, Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa - G20 Chair 2025.

The delegation included Nguyen Van Nen, Standing Member of the Party's 14th National Congress Document Subcommittee; Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung; Minister and Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son; and Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for People's Aspirations and Supervision Duong Thanh Binh.

Also joining the delegation were Minister of Construction Tran Hong Minh; Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung; Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religions Dao Ngoc Dung; Government Inspector General Doan Hong Phong; Deputy Minister of National Defense, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Gau; Deputy Minister of Public Security Pham The Tung.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife Le Thi Bich Tran left Hanoi for official visits to Kuwait, Algeria and to attend the G20 Summit in South Africa (Photo: VNA).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at the G20 Summit demonstrates that Vietnam attaches importance to cooperation with G20 members and international partners; affirms Vietnam's growing role, position, and international prestige, and its increasingly active and responsible contributions at multilateral conferences and forums.

Along with that, the Prime Minister's working trip demonstrates Vietnam's consistent policy of always attaching importance to relations with countries in the Middle East and Africa, including South Africa, Kuwait, and Algeria.

The working trip aims to strengthen political trust, further deepen friendly relations, and promote multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and South Africa, Kuwait, Algeria in particular, and countries in the Middle East and Africa in general.

Through that, Vietnam also hopes to promote and create new momentum for the development of bilateral relations between Vietnam and the three countries, towards new heights, especially promoting the signing of agreements and treaties to create a legal framework for bilateral cooperation in many fields.

The Prime Minister's working trip to Kuwait, Algeria and South Africa continues to implement the foreign policy in accordance with the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, Resolutions No. 34-NQ/TW and No. 59-NQ/TW of the Politburo on international integration in the new situation, and Conclusion No. 125-KL/TW dated February 14, 2025 of the Secretariat on promoting and elevating multilateral diplomacy to 2030.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/thoi-su/thu-tuong-va-phu-nhan-len-duong-cong-du-kuwait-algeria-va-nam-phi-20251116155336700.htm