National Assembly (NA) Vice President Nguyen Doan Anh led an NA delegation to visit Finland on September 21-23, the first leg of his working trip to Finland, Norway and Lithuania from September 21-30.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung has held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Brunei, Slovenia, Germany, Costa Rica and Maldives in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.

The Vietnam-Tanzania Business Forum in Dar es Salaam on September 22 brought together officials and businesses to explore opportunities for stronger trade and investment ties.

Patricia Abarzua Munoz, President of the Chile-Vietnam Cultural Friendship Institute, praised the countries’ longstanding friendship, rooted in historical ties, solidarity and mutual respect, as well as their growing bilateral relations.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation met with Vietnamese experts and intellectuals in the US, in New York on September 21 morning (local time).

Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 22 to send off a field hospital and engineering unit for UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and Abyei.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam said Vietnam is ready to contribute more to global peace and development while pursuing growth driven by science, technology, innovation and high-quality human resources.

Vietnam is taking part in Exercise Trident Resolve 2026, a multinational ADMM+ field exercise on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, military medicine and cybersecurity, which opened in Cilegon, Indonesia, on September 22.

The Asia-Pacific Dialogue on Heritage and Authenticity will take place from September 27 to October 1 in Hanoi and Ninh Binh, bringing together around 250 Vietnamese and regional delegates, as heard at a press conference on September 22.

General Secretary and President To Lam met with leaders of three major US groups – Warburg Pincus, Boeing and Apple – in New York on the afternoon of September 21 (local time), discussing investment, aviation and technology cooperation.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam met with Thomas R. Hardy, Acting Director of the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), in New York on September 21 (local time).

General Secretary and President To Lam met with Professor Sarah Anne Soule, Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, in New York on September 21 afternoon (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam met with American friends in New York on the afternoon of September 21 (local time).

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang met with US Assistant Secretary of War for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs John Noh in New York on the morning of September 21 (US time).

Party General Secretary and President To Lam met a group of US House lawmakers in New York on September 21, led by Representative Gregory Meeks, who voiced support for maintaining the positive momentum in Vietnam-US relations.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang met with US Assistant Secretary of War for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs John Noh in New York on the morning of September 21 (US time).

Vietnam values its Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the US and seeks to work with President Donald Trump’s administration to advance stable, substantive and sustainable ties, Party General Secretary and President To Lam said.

General Secretary and President To Lam had a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York on September 21 (local time) on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam met with leaders of the Communist Party USA and American friends in New York on the morning of September 21.

Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung met UN Under-Secretary-General and UNAOC High Representative Miguel Angel Moratinos in New York on September 22, during the high-level week of the 81st UN General Assembly.