Foreign leaders offer New Year greetings to Party chief of Vietnam
Leaders of many countries, political parties, and international organisations have sent greetings to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on the occasion of New Year 2024 and the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) of Vietnam.
A shop of Tet decorations on Hang Ma street in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Leaders of many countries, politicalparties, and international organisations have sent greetings to Party GeneralSecretary Nguyen Phu Trong on the occasion of New Year 2024 and the traditionalLunar New Year (Tet) of Vietnam.
In his letter, General Secretary of the Lao People’sRevolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulithsaid he is extremely proud that the great friendship, special solidarity, andcomprehensive cooperation between the two countries have continued to bemaintained and nurtured to develop in an increasingly result-oriented manner invarious spheres, thus generating practical benefits for theỉr people.
He highly valued and congratulated the Vietnamese people on the enormousand comprehensive achievements in their revolutionary cause over the recentpast.
The Lao leader expressed his belief that under the judicious andclear-sighted leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, led by GeneralSecretary Trong, the Vietnamese people will continue harvesting new and greaterachievements in the implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, thereby reaching the goal of rich people and a powerful,democratic, equal, and civilised nation taking firm steps towards socialism.
Onthis occasion, the Party leader of Vietnam has also received New Year greetingsfrom First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee andPresident of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party ofthe Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and President of the DPRK’s StateAffairs Commission Kim Jong-un, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Presidentof the US Joe Biden, President of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Sultan of BruneiHaji Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister of Japan and President of the LiberalDemocratic Party of Japan Kishida Fumio, President of the Republic of Korea (RoK)Yoon Suk Yeol, Speaker of the RoK’s National Assembly Kim Jin-pyo, and Presidentof Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Chairman of the United Russia Party and Deputy Chairman of theSecurity Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the Communist Party ofthe Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, Chairman of the A Just Russia party SergeyMironov, General Secretary of the Labour Party of Mexico Alberto AnayaGutierrez, General Secretary of the UnitedLeft Movement Party of the Dominican Republic Miguel Mejia, General Secretary of the Communist Party ofBrazil Luciana Santos, General Secretary of the Peruvian Communist Party LuisVillanueva, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Bolivia Ignacio Mendosa,along with leaders of many other counties, political parties, international organisations,and diplomatic corps have also sent letters and cards of New Year greetings to Party GeneralSecretary Trong./.
President Vo Van Thuong has offered incense in commemoration of some late Party and State leaders, and visited several former leaders on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.
Every year, Tet is celebrated on the first days of the first lunar month throughout Vietnam and in other countries where Vietnamese people live. During the festival, family members gather together, visit relatives, give good wishes and lucky money to others, and worship ancestors.
Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue offered incense in memory of President Ho Chi Minh at House 67 in the Presidential Palace complex in Hanoi on February 6, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
A delegation of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly (NA) and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on February 7 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong extended Tet (Lunar New Year) greetings to incumbent and former leaders of the Party, the State, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front, at a meeting in Hanoi on February 7, the 28th day of the last lunar month.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with Chairman of the Republic of Korea (RoK)–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group Ahn Gyu-back in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to convene its 48th session on August 11-13, with August 14-15 set as a backup date, according to the NA Office.
Vietnam’s Ambassador to Brazil and Bolivia Bui Van Nghi has led an embassy delegation to attend official events marking the 200th anniversary of Bolivia’s Independence Day.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with members of the Vietnam Innovation Network in Korea (VINK) and Vietnamese experts living and working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
In an interview with Korean media on the occasion of Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to the RoK, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the visit demonstrates Vietnam’s strong resolve to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the RoK, with the aim of fostering greater political trust, closer strategic coordination, more substantive and comprehensive cooperation, and stronger bonds of friendship between the two countries' people.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also a Politburo member and Secretary of the Government Party Committee, attended the 4th Party Congress of the EVN Party Organisation for the 2025–2030 tenure on August 10, directing EVN to ensure power supply to meet the country’s development demands with double-digit growth set for the coming years.
Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Seongnam Air Base in Seoul on August 10 afternoon (local time), beginning a state visit to the Republic of Korea from August 10-13.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly departed from Hanoi on August 10 morning for a four-day state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK), which is made at an invitation of RoK President Lee Jae Myung.
As part of the ASEAN Day celebrations, the Vietnamese embassy will also host the ASEAN Family Day 2025 in Ottawa to foster solidarity and community spirit among ASEAN members in Canada.
State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Party General Secretary To Lam called on the criminal police force to accelerate the application of science, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation in criminal investigation tasks such as crime prevention, detection, tracking and verification, ensuring that no area remains out of their reach.
Many Koreans living, studying, and working in Hanoi see the upcoming state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Party General Secretary To Lam as an opportunity to generate strong synergy in economic cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, and cultural understanding.
A shop of Tet decorations on Hang Ma street in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
