General Secretary and President To Lam to visit Denmark, EU, and Belgium
General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife will visit Denmark, the EU, and Belgium from October 19 to October 24.
At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 15, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said that at the invitation of the King of Denmark and the Queen, President of the European Council and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, General Secretary, President To Lam and his wife and high-level Vietnamese delegation will pay a state visit to the Kingdom of Denmark, a state visit to the European Union (EU) and an official visit to the Kingdom of Belgium from October 19 to October 24.
Within the framework of this European working trip, in Denmark, General Secretary and President To Lam is expected to have a meeting with the King of Denmark, talks with the Prime Minister of Denmark, a meeting with the Speaker of the Danish Parliament and other important foreign affairs activities.
With the EU, General Secretary and President To Lam will have talks and meetings with the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission.
In Belgium, General Secretary and President To Lam is expected to have talks with the Belgian Prime Minister, meet with the King, the Speaker of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and other foreign affairs activities.
Vietnam and the Kingdom of Denmark have very good relations, after 55 years of establishing diplomatic relations, the two sides have built a solid foundation of cooperation, with strategic partnership frameworks in the fields of climate change, energy, environment and green growth in November 2011. Established a Comprehensive Partnership in September 2013 and a Green Strategic Partnership in November 2023.
With the EU, Vietnam and the EU have officially upgraded relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during the visit of the President of the European Council in January 2026. Vietnam is the first partner in Southeast Asia with which the EU has established a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and is the only ASEAN country with full cooperation pillars with the EU.
Vietnam and Belgium established diplomatic relations in 1973, the two countries upgraded relations to a Strategic Partnership on Agriculture in 2018 with many positive results. The two sides maintain high-level delegation exchanges and contacts at regional and international forums. Belgium is Vietnam's 6th largest trading partner in the EU. Vietnam is Belgium's largest trading partner in ASEAN.
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