The trip, taking place from March 9 to 13, is made at the invitations of Indonesian President and President of the Great Indonesia Movement Party Prabowo Subianto, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn, and Prime Minister of Singapore and Secretary-General of its People's Action Party (PAP) Lawrence Wong.

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General Secretary To Lam and his spouse

The Party leader was accompanied by General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member and Minister of National Defense; Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics; Nguyen Van Nen, Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security; Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chief of its Office; Tran Luu Quang, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Head of its Commission for Policies and Strategies; Bui Thanh Son, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Nguyen Duc Hai, member of the Party Central Committee, and Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; and other officials.

The trip reaffirms Vietnam's consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation, development, and multilateralization and diversification of international relations. It also underscores the importance the Vietnamese Party and State attach to relations with neighboring countries in the region, including two key partners - Indonesia and Singapore, while highlighting Vietnam's proactive, responsible, and innovative spirit, with practical contributions toward realizing ASEAN’s shared aspirations for the future.

Source: VNA