Party General Secretary To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attended a seminar with leading strategists on artificial intelligence (AI) and technology in the UK and the world, which was held in London on October 28.

Party General Secretary To Lam delivered a policy address to professors, lecturers, researchers, students and friends of Vietnam at the University of Oxford on the afternoon of October 28 (local time) as part of his ongoing official visit to the UK.

Residents of Abyei, a disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan, celebrated with dance and music on October 27 as Vietnamese military engineers completed the restoration of the Banton Bridge.

On the morning of October 28, General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, Ngo Phuong Ly, departed Hanoi for an official visit to the United Kingdom at the invitation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

A delegation from Vietnam’s Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, led by Deputy Minister Nguyen Hai Trung, has arrived in the Kingdom of Cambodia to attend the 3rd Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia Buddhist Summit.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed three major directions for the promotion of the ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Comprehensive Strategic Partnership while addressing the 26th ASEAN-RoK Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 27.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has called for stronger solidarity, enhanced connectivity, as well as bolder innovation within the ASEAN Plus Three framework to sustain inclusive and sustainable growth while effectively responding to global challenges and shocks.

Economic and trade ties between Vietnam and Saudi Arabia have made notable progress in recent years. Bilateral trade reached 3.1 billion USD in 2024, up 14.5% from 2023, and both countries aim to raise the figure to 10 billion USD by 2030.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang and her Armenian counterpart Mnatsakan Safaryan co-chaired the VN– Armenia political consultation in Hanoi on October 27.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had meetings with leaders of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Indonesia, New Zealand, and the International Momentary Fund (IMF) in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits.

The Vietnamese and Australian PMs agreed to step up all-level mutual visits and enhance coordination to contribute more actively and substantively to regional peace, stability, and cooperation.

The Vietnamese Navy’s Vessel 379 from Brigade 167 of Naval Region 2 conducted a joint drill with the Royal New Zealand Navy’s largest support vessel HMNZS Aotearoa in waters southeast of Ho Chi Minh City on October 27.

Both sides concurred that economic, trade, and investment cooperation should continue to serve as a key pillar of bilateral relations, with the goal of raising two-way trade to 1 billion USD in the near future.

PM Pham Minh Chinh called on the East Asia Summit (EAS) to lead in upholding international law and multilateralism, and advancing an open, inclusive, transparent, and rules-based regional order, with ASEAN at its core.

PM Pham Minh Chinh stressed the need for the two sides to effectively promote multilateralism, uphold international law, and identify dialogue and cooperation as the key instruments for preventing and peacefully resolving disputes.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held separate meetings with his Cambodian, Thai, Philippine and Japanese counterparts in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 27 on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 27 afternoon held separate meetings with Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia.

Construction began on the Houaphanh provincial Radio and Television Station, a gift from the Vietnamese Government to the Lao Government and people of Houaphanh province, on October 27.

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defence on October 27 launched a training course on United Nations peacekeeping operations for female military officers, with support from UN Women and Australia.

The upcoming official visit by General Secretary To Lam to the United Kingdom is not only a major foreign affairs event, but also a strong testament to Vietnam’s respect for traditional Western European partners, including the UK.