General Secretary and President To Lam leaves for a state visit to Mongolia, Ireland, to attend the Francophone Summit and to pay an official visit to France.

General Secretary and President To Lam left Hanoi for a state visit to Mongolia and Ireland, to attend the 19th Francophone Summit and to pay an official visit to the French Republic. Photo: VNA

The official delegation included comrades: Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee; Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office; Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee's External Relations Commission; Bui Thanh Son, Party Central Committee member, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mai Van Chinh, Party Central Committee member, Head of the Party Central Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission; Le Khanh Hai, Party Central Committee member, Head of the President's Office; Nguyen Thuy Anh, Party Central Committee member, Head of the National Assembly's Social Committee (Chairwoman of the Vietnam subcommittee at the Francophone Parliamentary Alliance APF, President of the Vietnam - France Friendship and Cooperation Association); Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Party Central Committee member, Minister of Home Affairs; Le Minh Hoan, Party Central Committee member, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Nguyen Van Hung, Party Central Committee member, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Nguyen Van Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Transport; Dao Hong Lan, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Health; Nguyen Hai Ninh, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Justice ; Pham Hoai Nam, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense; To An Xo, Assistant to the General Secretary; Head of the General Secretary's Office; Nguyen Tuan Thanh, Ambassador of Vietnam to Mongolia (participating in activities in Mongolia); Do Minh Hung, Ambassador of Vietnam to Ireland (participating in activities in Ireland); Dinh Toan Thang, Ambassador of Vietnam to France (participating in activities in France).

The State visit to Mongolia, Ireland, attendance at the Francophone Summit and official visit to France by General Secretary and President To Lam aims to reaffirm the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification, proactiveness and activeness in comprehensive and extensive international integration, while also demonstrating the high regard of the Party and State of Vietnam for the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Mongolia, the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Ireland, the Vietnam-France strategic partnership and the desire to elevate and deepen cooperation frameworks in line with the new situation and the interests of the countries.

Source: https://moha.gov.vn/tintuc/Pages/danh-sach-tin-noi-bat.aspx?ItemID=56403