As part of his State visit to Canada, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam had a working luncheon with Speaker of the Senate Raymonde Gagné and Speaker of the House of Commons Francis Scarpaleggia at the Parliament of Canada on September 24 (local time).

Vietnam and Canada have issued a joint statement on their Strategic Partnership, which was established during a state visit to the North American nation by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam.

Governor General of Canada Louise Arbour presided over an official welcome ceremony for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and the high-ranking delegation of Vietnam, who are on a state visit to Canada, on the morning of September 24 (local time).

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have agreed to elevate bilateral relations to a Strategic Partnership, pledging to promptly formulate a specific agenda and action plan to effectively implement the new framework.

VOV.VN - The working visit to the United States and Canada by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President To Lam has drawn attention from international media and policy circles, with economic and trade ties and Vietnam’s increasingly important role in the Indo-Pacific among the issues highlighted.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam’s attendance at the High-Level General Debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) and bilateral engagements in the US from September 20-23 highlighted Vietnam’s foreign-policy stature at the world’s largest multilateral forum.

Greece wants to recruit more workers from ASEAN countries, including Vietnam, as it seeks to address labour shortages and support economic growth, said Greek Minister of Labour and Social Security Niki Kerameus.

VOV.VN - Experts say Party General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam’s UNGA 81 address reflects the country’s more proactive role in addressing global challenges and contributing to a more peaceful, equitable and inclusive international environment.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with representatives of several US corporations in New York on September 23 as part of his trip to the US to attend the high-level general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung has held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Brunei, Slovenia, Germany, Costa Rica and Maldives in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The state visit to Canada by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam on September 24-25 is expected to create fresh momentum for more substantive and closer Vietnam-Canada relations, opening a new phase in the two countries’ Comprehensive Partnership.

General Nguyen Trong Nghia, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), on September 23 held talks with Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin, Belarusian Minister of Defence, during his official visit to the European country.

US technology expert David Ho said General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam’s address at the High-Level General Debate of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in the US accurately reflected the global technology landscape.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam attended a dialogue with leaders of US financial institutions and investment funds in New York on September 23 (local time), during which he called on them to view Vietnam not merely as an attractive market today, but as a long-term development partner.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam arrived at Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa on the evening of September 23 (local time), beginning a State visit to Canada.

A delegation from the National Assembly (NA)’s Committee on Cultural and Social Affairs, led by its Vice Chairman Ta Van Ha, has visited France to exchange experience in child online protection, cultural heritage preservation, and the development of cultural industries.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with representatives of JPMorganChase and Visa in New York on the morning of September 23 (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with US Senator Steve Daines, Senator for Montana and member of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, in New York on September 23 morning (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh in New York as part of his working trip to attend the High-Level General Debate of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 81) and conduct bilateral activities in the US.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang had a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on September 23 with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix who affirmed the UN's support to Vietnam’s stronger engagement in peacekeeping operations.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York, on September 23 (local time), within the framework of the high-level week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 81).

VOV.VN - Parliamentary cooperation is emerging as an important channel for Vietnam and Finland to deepen political ties and turn the directions of their Strategic Partnership into more concrete areas of cooperation.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and US businesses on September 23 (local time) and heard a report on the Vietnam Wartime Accounting Initiative (VWAI).

A C-17 military transport aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force arrived in Hanoi on September 23 to carry Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 8 to South Sudan to undertake United Nations peacekeeping duties.

A research project on promoting maritime diplomacy in Southeast Asia, along with its first series of activities, was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 23.

Top Vietnamese leader To Lam had meetings with Ghanaian President John Mahama, Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) Khalilur Rahman in New York, on September 22 (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam delivered an important address at the high-level general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York on September 22 (local time).

VOV.VN - Experts from Columbia University consider Vietnam's dynamic development a major advantage, drawing growing interest from the international business community, with many countries seeing Vietnam as an integral part of their regional development strategies.

VOV.VN - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and his delegation paid a working visit to Pfizer Inc. in New York on September 22 as part of his working trip to attend the High-Level General Debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) and engage in bilateral activities.

Vietnam is participating in Exercise Trident Resolve 2026, a multinational field exercise combining three expert groups of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM+) on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HARD), military medicine (MM) and cyber security, which opened in Indonesia on September 22.