General Secretary To Lam and his wife have departed for an official visit to the UK.

The official delegation included: Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department Nguyen Trong Nghia, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh , General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense; General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security; Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang, Chief of the Central Party Office Pham Gia Tuc, Minister of Ethnic Minorities and Religion Dao Ngoc Dung, Inspector General of the Government Doan Hong Phong, Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Hong; Mr. To An Xo, Assistant to the General Secretary, in charge of the General Secretary's Office; and Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Do Minh Hung.

General Secretary makes official visit to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland 8368179.jpg — General Secretary To Lam and his wife depart from Hanoi for an official visit to the United Kingdom. Photo: VNA

This is the first visit of the General Secretary of Vietnam to the UK in 12 years – a historic and very important event.

The visit by General Secretary To Lam and his wife took place precisely on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam-UK Strategic Partnership (2010-2025).

The visit marks an important milestone for the two countries to review their past cooperation, assess outstanding achievements, and set out a new vision and direction for the development of bilateral relations in the coming period.

This is an opportunity for both sides to exchange views and agree on directions to strengthen and elevate the relationship to a new level in the coming period, increase political trust, and enhance the effectiveness of cooperation in traditional areas such as trade and investment, education and training, science and technology, while expanding cooperation in new areas that are strengths of the UK and suitable for Vietnam's development requirements such as finance, high technology, strategic infrastructure, green energy, and sustainable development.

The visit also affirmed Vietnam's independent, self-reliant, diversified, and multilateral foreign policy, aimed at peace, cooperation, and development, contributing to enhancing Vietnam's prestige and diplomatic standing in the region and the world.

Prior to the visit, Ambassador Do Minh Hung stated that General Secretary To Lam was expected to hold talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, meet with leaders of the National Assembly to exchange and agree on measures to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries; and attend and deliver a keynote speech at a high-level economic conference with many large British businesses to enhance cooperation in finance and banking, energy, science and technology, and green development.

At Oxford University – a leading research and training center in the UK – General Secretary To Lam is expected to deliver an important policy speech on the vision for the framework of Vietnam-UK relations and Vietnam's reform and development orientation in the era of national progress.

The General Secretary will meet with representatives of the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in the UK, reaffirming the consistent policy of the Party and State towards the Vietnamese community abroad and the General Secretary's concern for the Vietnamese community in the UK.

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