Top legislator arrives in New Delhi, beginning official visit to India
Chairman of the Nation Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in New Delhi on December 15 for his official visit to India at the invitations of Speaker of the Lok Sabha (House of Representatives) of India Om Birla and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) Venkaiah Naidu.
At a welcome ceremony held for Chairman of the Nation Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue at the Palam military airport in New Delhi (Photo: VNA)
New Delhi (VNA) – Chairman of theNation Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in New Delhi on December 15 for hisofficial visit to India at the invitations of Speaker of the Lok Sabha (Houseof Representatives) of India Om Birla and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (UpperHouse) Venkaiah Naidu.
Hue’scurrent official visit to India aims at further consolidating and promoting theVietnam-India relationship, which is at its finest stage since the establishmentof diplomatic relations. It also affirms that Vietnam is willing to, together with India, open a new and more effective period of their ties.
Demonstratingthe NA's active and positive work serving external relations affairs, thevisit shows that Vietnam is a friend and a reliable partner of India and thatVietnam is ready to cooperate with India in contribution to the maintenance ofpeace, stability, cooperation and development in the region.
Whilein India, the Vietnamese top legislator is scheduled to hold talks with Speaker of the Lok Sabha OmBirla, and meet with Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hewill also receive leaders of the Communist Party of India and attend a ceremonymarking the 5th anniversary of the two nations’ comprehensive strategicpartnership, among other activities.
Vietnamand India established their diplomatic relation in 1972 and upgraded the tiesto comprehensive strategic partnership in September 2016. They are working toimplement an action programme materialising the partnership for 2021-2023. Theyalways support each other and regularly exchange delegation across all levels,particularly high-level ones.
Theirbilateral trade grew 16 percent on an annual basis between 2008 and 2013. Indiais one of the 10 biggest partners of Vietnam, with two-way trade reaching 9.67billion USD last year, and nearly 11 billion USD as of October 2021.
ByOctober, India ranked 26th out of 140 countries and territories investing inVietnam with 310 projects worth some 910 million USD. Vietnam also invested innine projects in India with total capital of nearly 6.03 million USD.
Overthe past years, the nations’ parliamentary ties have been consolidated,significantly contributing to enhancing the traditional friendship andcomprehensive strategic partnership. The Vietnamese legislature and India’s LokSabha (House of Representatives) signed a cooperation agreement in 2016./.
The upcoming visit to India by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue is expected to contribute to further deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
The official visit to India by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue demonstrates the importance that Vietnam attaches to its partnership with India in its external policy, Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau said, adding that the visit is expected to add a momentum to the cooperation between the two countries in all fields.
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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.
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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.
At a welcome ceremony held for Chairman of the Nation Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue at the Palam military airport in New Delhi (Photo: VNA) 
