The visit demonstrated Vietnam’s strong commitment to deepening relations with Sri Lanka and created new opportunities for Sri Lanka to strengthen its engagement with Vietnam and the broader Southeast Asian region.
General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security of Vietnam, held talks on May 8 in Colombo with Mr. Ananda Wijepala, Sri Lankan Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs.
The state visit to Sri Lanka by the top Vietnamese Party and State leader is expected to become an important political milestone, injecting new impetus and opening up a new phase in bilateral ties, with stronger political trust and broader, deeper, more effective and substantive partnerships.
The upcoming visit to Sri Lanka by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam not only reaffirms Vietnam’s commitment to strengthening relations with Sri Lanka but also signals both countries’ determination to elevate their traditional friendship into a partnership focused on development and shared prosperity.
The Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese community in Sri Lanka has attended the National Vesak Festival, with the event recently being held in the capital city of Colombo.
PSNews - Overseas Vietnamese have been informed about a hotline to seek help in case of emergency. The embassy will maintain contact with the community and roll out support measures in a timely manner.
Germany moved to reduce pepper imports from the nation, along with the Netherlands and Indonesia, in the first half of the year, whilst increasing imports from Brazil and Sri Lanka, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU.
General To Lam, Vietnamese Minister of Public Security on February 19 received Mr. Saleh Adibi and Mr. Sampath Prasanna Walpita Gamage, who were newly appointed as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of Iran and Sri Lanka to Vietnam.
PSNews - Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Thanh, Vice Minister of Public Security, on September 18 received a visiting police delegation of Sri Lanka, led by its Vice Inspector General Sanjeewa Dharmaratna.
On Saturday Daesh claimed that three of its members clashed with Sri Lankan police for several hours before detonating their suicide vests in the east coast city of Kalmunai late on Friday, Reuters reports.
The bodies of 15 people, including six children, were discovered at the site of a fierce overnight gun battle on the east coast of Sri Lanka, a military spokesman said on Saturday, six days after suicide bombers killed more than 250 people.
Sri Lanka said on Monday it was invoking emergency powers in the aftermath of devastating bomb attacks on hotels and churches, blamed on militants with foreign links, in which 290 people were killed and nearly 500 wounded.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on April 21 sent his condolences to Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena over the series of deadly bombings in the country on April 21, which claimed large numbers of innocent lives.
The Sri Lanka Culture Festival Day helps to promote the understanding between Vietnamese and Sri Lankan people, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Vietnam Saranya Hasathi Urgodawatt Disanayke said at the opening of the event.
PSNews – A delegation of the Ministry of Public Security, led by Senior Lieutenant General To Lam, Politburo’s Member and Minister of Public Security on October 3 arrived in Sri Lanka for an official visit.
