HCMC – Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, Ngo Phuong Ly, departed Hanoi on October 28 for an official visit to the U.K. at the invitation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
The October 28-30 visit comes as Vietnam and the U.K. celebrate the 15th anniversary of their Strategic Partnership (2010–2025), marking an important milestone in bilateral relations.
Joining the Party General Secretary on the visit are several Politburo members who hold key positions within the Party and Government, including Nguyen Duy Ngoc, secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the committee’s Inspection Commission; Nguyen Trong Nghia, secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Propaganda and Mass Mobilization; Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh; Minister of National Defense General Phan Van Giang; and Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang.
Vietnam and the U.K. established diplomatic relations on September 11, 1973, with the U.K. among the first Western nations to do so. Over the past five decades, the two countries have steadily strengthened their cooperation across trade, education, science, and defense, as well as through growing people-to-people exchanges.
The visit is expected to reaffirm the long-standing friendship between Vietnam and the UK, review the achievements of the past 15 years of partnership, and lay out new directions for future collaboration in areas of mutual interest.
