After successfully concluding his state visit to Mongolia, on the evening of October 1, General Secretary and President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Genghis Khan Airport in Ulan Bator for a state visit to Ireland from October 1-3, at the invitation of Irish President Michael D. Higgins.
The delegation included Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Office of the Party Central Committee Nguyen Duy Ngoc; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee's External Relations Le Hoai Trung; Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son;
Member of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Committee Mai Van Chinh; Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Office of the President Le Khanh Hai; Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Social Committee of the National Assembly Nguyen Thuy Anh; Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra;
Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan; Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung; Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang; Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan; Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Justice Nguyen Hai Ninh; Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defence Pham Hoai Nam;
Assistant to the General Secretary, in charge of the Office of General Secretary To An Xo; Vietnamese Ambassador to Ireland Do Minh Hung.
According to VNA, at exactly 8:30 p.m. on October 1, local time (ie 2:30 a.m. on October 2, Hanoi time), the plane carrying General Secretary and President To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation landed at Dublin airport, the capital city of Dublin, to begin a state visit to Ireland.
Welcoming General Secretary and President To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation at Dublin airport were: Minister of Agriculture, Food and Marine Affairs Pippa Hackett; Director of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eamonn McKee; Mayor of Fingal, Dublin Brian McDonagh; Irish Ambassador to Vietnam Deirde Ni Fhalluin; Vietnamese Ambassador to Ireland Do Minh Hung and his wife; and a number of officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Ireland.
This is the first state visit since the two sides established diplomatic relations in 1996.
The two sides' senior leaders 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.
