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 visit also reflects the Vietnamese Party and State's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, peace, friendship, cooperation, development, multilateralisation and diversification of external relations, and being a responsible member of the international community in the new era, as set out by the 14th National Party Congress.
In 2025, China remained Vietnam’s largest trading partner. Conversely, Vietnam was China’s biggest trading partner in ASEAN and ranked fourth globally, with two-way trade reaching 256.4 billion USD, up 24.8% year-on-year. In the first two months of 2026 alone, trade turnover hit 66.7 billion USD, an increase of 30.2%.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on December 4 morning for a state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK).
PSNews - President Tran Dai Quang on November 12 hosted a solemn ceremony to receive U.S President Donald Trump, who is on a State visit to Vietnam on November 11-12.