On October 26, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , at the invitation of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, General Secretary To Lam and his wife, along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, will pay an official visit to the UK from October 28 to 30.
General Secretary To Lam and his wife Ngo Phuong Ly
PHOTO: VNA
Vietnam and the UK established diplomatic relations on September 11, 1973. In September 2010, the two countries signed a Joint Statement on the establishment of the Vietnam-UK Strategic Partnership. On September 30, 2020, the two sides issued a new Joint Statement on Strategic Partnership with 7 priority areas of cooperation and affirmed that the two sides aim to raise the relationship to a higher level in the next 10 years.
Over the past time, the Vietnam - UK relationship has been increasingly developed. The two sides currently maintain bilateral cooperation mechanisms such as the annual strategic dialogue mechanism at the Deputy Foreign Minister level; Defense policy dialogue at the Deputy Minister level; Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) meeting; and Migration dialogue.
Regarding economic and trade cooperation, the two countries signed the Vietnam - UK Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) which officially took effect on December 31, 2020.
Bilateral trade turnover in 2024 will reach 8.424 billion USD, up 18% compared to 2023. Trade turnover in the first 8 months of 2025 will reach 6.1 billion USD (up 9.3% over the same period in 2024), of which exports will reach 5.4 billion USD (up 8.2%), and imports will reach 630.9 million USD (up 19.8%).
Vietnam-UK trade hits all-time high.
Regarding investment, as of the end of August 2025, the UK had nearly 606 valid investment projects in Vietnam, with a total registered capital of about 4.65 billion USD, ranking 15th out of 152 countries and territories with investment projects in Vietnam. Vietnam had 16 projects with a total registered capital of more than 37.6 million USD.
Regarding cooperation in responding to climate change and energy transition: The UK is one of the partners with the most regular and active cooperation activities with Vietnam in the fields of environment, climate change and implementing the results at the COP26 Conference.
At the March 2022 meeting in Germany, G7 Ministers decided to adopt the UK's proposal to support a G7-Vietnam Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) agreement.
There are currently about 110,000 Vietnamese people in the UK, including 12,000 students, postgraduates. The Vietnamese community in the UK generally lives in harmony and stability, 90% of them live in large cities such as London, Birmingham, Manchester...
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-va-phu-nhan-sap-tham-chinh-thuc-anh-185251026180703003.htm
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