At the invitation of Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, Irish President Michael D. Higgins and French President Emmanuel Macron, on the morning of September 30, General Secretary and President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi for a state visit to Mongolia and Ireland, to attend the 19th Francophone Summit and to pay an official visit to France from September 30 to October 7.
According to VNA, the official delegation included comrades: Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee; Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Office of the Party Central Committee; Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee's External Relations;
Bui Thanh Son, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mai Van Chinh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Head of Central Mass Mobilization; Le Khanh Hai, Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Office of the President;
Nguyen Thuy Anh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Social Committee of the National Assembly (Chairwoman of the Vietnam Subcommittee at the Francophone Parliamentary Alliance APF, President of the Vietnam-France Friendship and Cooperation Association);
Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Home Affairs; Le Minh Hoan, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development;
Nguyen Van Hung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Nguyen Van Thang, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Transport;
Dao Hong Lan, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Health; Nguyen Hai Ninh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Justice;
Pham Hoai Nam, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defence;
To An Xo, Assistant to the General Secretary; In charge of the General Secretary's Office;
Nguyen Tuan Thanh, Vietnamese Ambassador to Mongolia (participating in activities in Mongolia); Do Minh Hung, Vietnamese Ambassador to Ireland (participating in activities in Ireland); Dinh Toan Thang, Vietnamese Ambassador to France (participating in activities in France).
The State visit to Mongolia, Ireland, attendance at the Francophone Summit and official visit to France by General Secretary and President To Lam aims to reaffirm the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification, proactiveness and activeness in comprehensive and extensive international integration, while also demonstrating the high regard of the Party and State of Vietnam for the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Mongolia, the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Ireland, the Vietnam-France strategic partnership and the desire to elevate and deepen cooperation frameworks in line with the new situation and the interests of the countries.
