General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi on the morning of October 19 for a state visit to Denmark and official visits to the European Union and Belgium.
The visits will take place from October 19 to 24. To Lam is making them at the invitation of Denmark's King Frederik X and Queen, European Council President Antonio Costa and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever.
The official delegation includes Politburo members and Party Central Committee Secretaries Tran Sy Thanh, Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Inspection, and Le Minh Tri, Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Internal Affairs.
Other members are Politburo members General Phan Van Giang, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence; General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security; Le Hoai Trung, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Tran Duc Thang, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee; and Tran Luu Quang, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.
Also accompanying the top leader are Party Central Committee members Nguyen Hai Ninh, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office; Nguyen Thi Hong, Vice President of the National Assembly; Nguyen Huu Dong, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Deputy Affairs; Le Khanh Hai, Chairman of the Presidential Office; Tran Hong Minh, Minister of Construction; Hoang Minh Son, Minister of Education and Training; and Trinh Viet Hung, Minister of Agriculture and Environment.
The delegation also includes To An Xo, Assistant to the Party General Secretary and President and Head of the Party General Secretary's Office; Nguyen Le Thanh, Vietnamese Ambassador to Denmark; and Nguyen Huong Tra, Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium and Head of the Vietnamese Mission to the European Union.
The visits convey a strong message about Viet Nam's foreign policy in its new development phase. They are expected to help strengthen political trust and expand opportunities for cooperation in trade, investment, science and technology, innovation, green growth and sustainable development, contributing to national construction and development.
Sources: Viet Nam News
