From September 30 to October 7, General Secretary and President To Lam will pay a state visit to Mongolia and Ireland, attend the 19th Francophone Summit and pay an official visit to France. Before the visit, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said that the working trip of the General Secretary and President aims to reaffirm the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification, proactiveness and active, comprehensive and extensive international integration.

In 2023, as Minister of Public Security, General Secretary and President To Lam welcomed Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh to visit the Mobile Police Command.

At the same time, it also demonstrates Vietnam's high regard for the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Mongolia, the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Ireland, the Vietnam-France strategic partnership, etc. The visit to Mongolia is of special significance as it takes place on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the relationship between the two countries is at its best stage of development. General Secretary and President To Lam will discuss with senior Mongolian leaders major orientations and important measures to further strengthen political trust as well as enhance cooperation in many fields, especially politics, diplomacy, economy, trade, tourism and people-to-people exchange. For Ireland, this is the first State visit since the two sides established diplomatic relations. Ireland is a nation with many similarities with Vietnam in terms of history and patriotic traditions, will to rise up, and diverse and unique culture. The two sides have much room and potential to strengthen cooperation and develop together. The senior leaders of the two sides will discuss measures to promote extensive cooperation in many areas where Vietnam has demand and Ireland has strengths such as high-quality investment, science, technology, innovation, digital transformation, energy transformation, education and training, especially higher education. With France, on the basis of the special "fateful" relationship and the results of the Strategic Partnership over the past 10 years, the leaders of the two sides will also discuss measures to bring the Strategic Partnership to a new level, increasingly in-depth, practical, commensurate with the potential and position of both countries.

At the A1 Hill relic (Dien Bien Phu), a Dien Bien boy sang "Hello Vietnam" for the French Army Minister and French veterans. Photo: Minh Nhat

The two countries will strengthen trade and investment cooperation; promote traditional cooperation areas such as culture, education, science and technology, cooperation between localities; expand cooperation in new and potential areas such as aerospace, renewable energy, high technology, digital economy, etc. "Through the working trip, we will continue to strengthen coordination with other countries in solving regional and global issues; mobilize other countries to continue to pay attention and create conditions for the Vietnamese community to integrate more deeply into local life, promote the role of a bridge, and contribute to Vietnam's friendly relations with other countries," the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs said. Regarding the 19th Francophone Summit, this is the first time the General Secretary and President will attend and deliver an important speech, contributing to spreading more strongly the message of a proactive, positive, responsible Vietnam that is always ready to join hands with the international community to respond to challenges... Firmly consolidating Vietnam's relations with the three countries Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Bui Thanh Son said that the working trip of General Secretary and President To Lam took place in the context of Vietnam's relations with Mongolia, Ireland, France and the Francophone community continuing to develop positively and achieving many good results. Mongolia is a country that strongly and deeply supports Vietnam both materially and spiritually in the movement for national independence and liberation. Today, the two countries regularly help and support each other in the process of protecting, building and developing the country, maintaining close cooperation on Party, State, Government channels and people-to-people exchanges. Cooperation in various fields has been actively implemented and achieved many substantive results. Ireland is currently Vietnam's 6th largest trading partner in the EU market and has a preferential policy. Vietnam is one of two Asian countries receiving development aid, focusing on education, gender equality, climate change response, support for ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and support for mine clearance...

During his visit to Ireland in late February, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with President Michael Daniel Higgins. Photo: TG&VN Newspaper

To date, Ireland has granted approximately 250 scholarships to Vietnamese students and researchers through the Irish Aid Full Scholarship Program, which was launched in 2009. In addition, the two countries are continuing to promote the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of Ireland. With France, after 50 years of establishing diplomatic relations and 10 years of upgrading to a Strategic Partnership, political trust between the two countries has been increasingly consolidated. Most recently, for the first time, a French Minister of Defense attended the 70th Anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, affirming his desire to join Vietnam in "putting the past behind and looking towards the future", for peace, cooperation and development. France is one of Vietnam's leading European partners in tourism, trade, investment, and ODA; Participated in many projects contributing to the development, modernization, improvement of the quality and living environment of the Vietnamese people such as the Nhon - Hanoi Railway Station Urban Railway Project, the project to respond to climate change in the Mekong Delta... The Francophone community always considers Vietnam a model of socio-economic development, the center of Francophone cooperation activities in the region. Vietnam is one of the members strongly promoting the economic pillar, especially the digital economy in the Francophone space. With 88 member countries and territories, with a population of about 1.2 billion people, accounting for 16% of GDP and 20% of global trade. The Francophone economic space still has much room for Vietnam to promote cooperation, especially in economics, trade, investment, education and training, agriculture, sustainable tourism, science, technology, etc. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs believes that the working trip of General Secretary and President To Lam will be successful and achieve many important results, contributing to firmly consolidating the foundations and bases in Vietnam's relations with Mongolia, Ireland, France and the Francophone community. At the same time, it will explore new areas and potentials in cooperation with each country, contributing to bringing relations with other countries into depth, substance, efficiency, and suitability with the new situation.

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