Swiss President and First Lady to pay official visit to Vietnam soon
Swiss Federal President Guy Parmelin and his wife will pay an official visit to Vietnam from October 17 to October 18, 2026.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the invitation of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam To Lam and his wife, Swiss Federal President Guy Parmelin and his wife will pay an official visit to Vietnam from October 17 to October 18, 2026.
Switzerland is Vietnam's important trading partner in Europe and Vietnam is Switzerland's 4th largest trading partner in ASEAN.
Switzerland is one of the few Western European countries that maintains development aid and economic cooperation with Vietnam. From 1992 to now, Swiss ODA for Vietnam has reached over 800 million USD.
In May 2025, Switzerland announced the Switzerland - Vietnam Development Cooperation Program 2025 - 2028 with ODA capital of 50 million USD.
The two countries signed an Agreement on intellectual property protection and cooperation in the field of intellectual property. In October 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam and the State Committee for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) signed a Letter of Intention on cooperation, creating a basis for promoting bilateral cooperation activities in scientific research, technology development and innovation between the two countries.
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