Speaking to the press ahead of the working visit, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Thanh Binh said this marks the first time a key leader of Vietnam has participated in an SCO Summit. The SCO Summit 2025 takes place in Tianjin, China, with the participation of more than 20 leaders of countries and several international organizations, against the backdrop of a complicated global and regional situation with many emerging issues.

In addition to cooperation on security and counter-terrorism, the Summit is expected to discuss many areas of cooperation such as economics, connectivity, culture, education, and tourism. The Prime Minister’s participation affirms Vietnam’s consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralization of relations, and proactive, active, comprehensive, intensive, and effective international integration.

It is also evidence of Vietnam’s rising international standing and prestige, as the country has been invited to attend major multilateral forums such as the G7, G20, BRICS, and SCO despite not being a member.

The Vietnamese Government leader will attend and deliver remarks at the SCO expanded Summit, which focuses on practicing multilateralism, maintaining regional security, and promoting sustainable development

This will be an occasion for Vietnam to highlight its socio-economic development achievements, demonstrate its determination to pursue rapid and sustainable growth, and share perspectives on issues of common concern. Vietnam will emphasize its commitment to upholding multilateralism, supporting the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter and international law, maintaining a peaceful and stable environment to serve sustainable development, and promoting mutually beneficial cooperation.

Through this, Vietnam continues to affirm its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralization of relations, and proactive, active, comprehensive, intensive, and effective international integration, in line with the spirit of the 13th National Party Congress and the Politburo’s Resolution No. 59 on international integration in the new context.

Alongside the official agenda, the Prime Minister’s bilateral meetings on the margins of the Summit will help expand cooperation, take advantage of opportunities to project Vietnam’s image, reaffirm the country’s role and position, and augment in-depth economic, trade, and investment cooperation with Eurasian partners. The meetings will also convey Vietnam’s determination and efforts to pursue growth targets as well as its strategic development orientations in the new era.

The trip takes place as Vietnam–China relations are developing comprehensively with clear progress, guided by the “six betters” orientation and entering a new stage of development. The two countries are also celebrating the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties and actively carrying out activities in response to the Vietnam–China People-to-People Exchange Year 2025.

This is PM  Pham Minh Chinh’s second visit to China this year, aimed at concretizing the strategic common perception between the top leaders of the two Parties and countries, further consolidating and elevating the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, and building a Vietnam–China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.

During his stay in China, the Government chief will also have various meetings and working sessions with senior leaders, ministers, key partners, major corporations, and leading enterprises of China.

The two sides will focus on discussing major directions and measures to realize high-level common understandings, enhance the effectiveness of inter-governmental cooperation mechanisms, and bolster substantive cooperation in priority areas such as economics and trade, science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, education, tourism, health, and infrastructure connectivity. They will also work to implement signed cooperation agreements, thus bringing concrete benefits to the peoples of both countries.

As part of the working trip, PM Chinh will also meet with the Vietnamese community and students in China. This activity indicates the care of the Party and State for the Vietnamese community abroad, while encouraging the expansion of people-to-people cooperation and exchanges, especially among the younger generation as a contribution to stronger bonds and mutual understanding between the peoples of the two countries, and further consolidating the social foundation for bilateral relations.

With determination, proactiveness, and activeness in external affairs, the working trip of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to China this time is expected to be successful, serving as a new bright spot in the flourishing Vietnam-China ties.

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