President Luong Cuong and his spouse are accompanied by Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung; Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son; Chairman of the President’s Office Le Khanh Hai; Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien; Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Truong Thang; Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quoc Hung; Standing Deputy Minister of Health Vu Manh Ha; Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung; Ambassador and Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN Do Hung Viet; Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Manh Khuong; Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Environment Le Cong Thanh; and Assistant to the President Duong Quoc Hung.

The President’s participation in the high-level debate, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, carries great significance, affirming Vietnam’s strong commitment to multilateralism and the UN’s core values.

The presence of the President and the Vietnamese delegation demonstrates the Party and State’s deep attention to multilateral cooperation and major UN agendas, while reaffirming Vietnam’s independent, self-reliant foreign policy, emphasizing multilateralization, diversification, and proactive, comprehensive, and effective international integration.

Additionally, the trip coincides with the 30th anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic relations and the second year of implementing the comprehensive strategic partnership.

This occasion offers both countries an opportunity to reflect on their journey from former adversaries to friends and partners, from a comprehensive partnership to a comprehensive strategic partnership, while laying out a roadmap for sustainable, effective, and substantive implementation of the partnership framework and discussing key orientations and measures to maintain positive, stable, and substantive relations in the years ahead.

President’s attendance at UNGA 80 shows Vietnam’s commitment to multilateralism

State President Luong Cuong’s upcoming attendance at the high-level General Debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) and the High-level Week to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the UN in the US holds great significance and reaffirms Vietnam’s strong commitment to multilateralism.