Member of the Politburo, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Lady Le Thi Bich Tran and the high -ranking delegation of Vietnam left the capital Hanoi to attend the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3), conducting bilateral activities in the Republic of France; Official visit to the Republic of Estonia and the Kingdom of Sweden from 5-14.6.2025 at the invitation of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the French Republic President Emmanuel, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
This is the first time the Prime Minister of Vietnam attended the United Nations Ocean Conference, was the first visit to the Prime Minister since the two countries upgraded relations to a comprehensive strategic partner in October. As the first visit of the Prime Minister to Estonia since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992; It is also the first visit of the Prime Minister to Sweden in the past 7 years.
The official delegation accompanying Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his wife during the working trip included: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; Minister and Head of the Government Office Tran Van Son; Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung;
Deputy Minister of Public Security, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long; Deputy Minister of National Defense, Lieutenant General Nguyen Hong Thai; Deputy Minister of Finance Ho Sy Hung; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang; Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hoang Long; Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Xuan Sang;
Vice President of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Chu Hoang Ha; Vietnamese Ambassador to Finland and holds a term of Estonia Pham Thi Thanh Binh; Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang; Vietnamese Ambassador to Sweden Tran Van Tuan.
This working trip of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh continues to implement the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification, proactiveness, active and comprehensive, extensive and effective international integration in the spirit of the 13th National Party Congress, Resolutions No. 34-NQ/TW, No. 59-NQ/TW of the Politburo.
The Prime Minister's attending the United Nations Ocean Conference to implement Resolution No. 36-NQ/TW on the strategy of sustainable development of Vietnam's marine economy to 2030, with a vision to 2045; Expressing Vietnam as a active and responsible member of the international community, has been actively implementing measures to preserve and sustainably use marine resources, ready to contribute to the common efforts of the international community in this regard; At the same time, affirming the consistent policy of Vietnam always attaches great importance to and wishing to consolidate and promote relations with European countries, including France, Estonia and Sweden.
