Top leader leaves Hanoi for Mongolia, Ireland, France, and 19th Francophonie Summit
VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation departed Hanoi on September 30 morning to pay State visits to Mongolia and Ireland, attend the 19th Francophonie Summit and make an official visit to France from September 30-October 7.
The Vietnamese top leader’s visits are made at the invitation of Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, Irish President Michael D. Higgins and French President Emmanuel Macron, respectively.
The delegation include Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Politburo member and Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee; Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chief of the Party Central Committee Office; Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations; Bui Thanh Son, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister; among others.
The State visits to Mongolia, Ireland, attendance at the Francophone Summit and official visit to France by General Secretary and President To Lam aims to reaffirm Vietnam's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification, pro-activeness and active, comprehensive and extensive international integration.
The visits also demonstrate the Vietnamese Party and State's recognition of great importance to the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Mongolia, the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Ireland, the strategic partnership between Vietnam and France, and their desire to elevate and deepen cooperation frameworks in line with the new situation and interests of the countries.
