At the invitation of President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb, on October 20, General Secretary To Lam and his wife Ngo Phuong Ly and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi for an official visit to the Republic of Finland from October 20 to 22.
Official members of the delegation include: Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission Nguyen Duy Ngoc; General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Minister of National Defense; General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member, Minister of Public Security;
Party Central Committee Secretary, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung; Party Central Committee member, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Pham Gia Tuc; Party Central Committee member, Head of the Central Policy and Strategy Commission Nguyen Thanh Nghi;
Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung; Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien; Member of the Party Central Committee, Acting Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang;
Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Central Internal Affairs Commission Vo Van Dung; Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Organization Commission Bui Thi Quynh Van; Assistant General Secretary, Head of the Office of General Secretary To An Xo; Vietnamese Ambassador to Finland Pham Thi Thanh Binh.
This is the first visit of a General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam to Finland since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1973.
Continuing the vibrant high-level foreign affairs activities since the beginning of the year, General Secretary To Lam's visit to Finland is a clear demonstration of the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, diversification, proactiveness, active and active comprehensive and extensive international integration and is also an important foreign activity to promote the implementation of Resolution No. 59-NQ/TW on international integration in the new situation.
