Deputy PM’s working trip to elevate Vietnam – Spain ties: Ambassador
Economic, trade, and investment cooperation remains the bedrock of the Vietnam-Spain partnership, with both nations expanding into high-potential sectors like innovation, artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductor, digital transformation, renewable energy, transport infrastructure, railways, urban transit, seaports, and aviation
PM Pham Minh Chinh (R) and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez in Hanoi in April. (Photo: VNA)
Madrid (VNA)♔ – Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc’s upcoming attendance at the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) and working trip to Spain from June 30 – July 3 will mark a concrete step toward a more effective and pragmatic Vietnam-Spain partnership, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Spain Doan Thanh Song.
The visit, to be made at the invitation of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, will focus on business connectivity, economic and investment promotion, seaport building and management, tourism, and finance, he noted.
Song stressed that Deputy PM Phoc’s attendance at FfD4, a leading UN platform on development finance, reflects an important concretisation of Vietnam’s policy of elevating its multilateral diplomacy, particularly by engaging with international financial institutions and shaping a new global financial framework. Vietnam’s presence signals its dedication to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its efforts to pool resources like Official Development Assistance (ODA) and private capital.
The conference, expected to draw over 60 heads of state, high-ranking delegations from 200 countries and international organisations, and around 10,000 delegates, will focus on reforming global financial systems, enhancing debt sustainability, and scaling up investment to bridge development finance gaps.
Deputy PM Phoc is set to deliver key remarks at plenary sessions and join a roundtable on revitalising international development cooperation, where he will articulate Vietnam’s vision as an active, responsible, and reform-oriented nation committed to multilateralism and sustainable development.
The trip follows PM Sánchez’s visit to Vietnam in April, the first by a Spanish Government leader since diplomatic ties were established in 1977. Phoc’s mission aims to build on the joint statement issued during that visit, advancing cooperation in areas such as economy, finance, infrastructure, green and renewable energy, rail transport, logistics, urban planning, digital transformation, maritime economy, agri-food processing, and tourism. Concrete and practical contents reached during the trip is expected to pave the way for elevating bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, Song stated.
A notable highlight of the trip will be Phoc’s meeting with the President of Catalonia, the second such engagement since then Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet’s visit in 2009. The engagement with Catalonia, Spain’s second-largest economy in the northeast, is hoped to boost bilateral relations at both national and local levels.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Spain Doan Thanh Song (Photo: VNA)
Song described the Vietnam-Spain relationship as entering a “new, deeper, and more substantive chapter” since Sánchez’s visit.
Economic, trade, and investment cooperation remains the bedrock of the partnership, with both nations expanding into high-potential sectors like innovation, artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductor, digital transformation, renewable energy, transport infrastructure, railways, urban transit, seaports, and aviation, which are Spain's strengths meeting Vietnam’s needs. Cultural exchanges and tourism are also flourishing, driven by growing Spanish arrivals in Vietnam.
The two countries are preparing to hold the first session of their Joint Economic, Trade and Investment Committee in 2025 to capitalise on their complementary economies. Vietnam also plans to dispatch a technical working group to Spain to study transport infrastructure and explore investment opportunities./.
Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son has signed a decision establishing a Vietnamese sub-committee under the Joint Committee on Economic, Trade, and Investment Cooperation between the Vietnamese and Spanish Governments.
Vietnam is a dynamic and rapidly developing economy, with a growth rate exceeding 7% in 2024, a figure that not many countries could achieve amidst numerous fluctuations and challenges. Spain wishes to become an active partner in Vietnam's goal of modernisation and becoming a high-income developed nation by 2050.
Building on the excellent friendship and rich potentials for cooperation between the two countries, both parties expressed their commitment to further enhancing bilateral cooperation in all areas, with the aim of upgrading Vietnam - Spain relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership at an appropriate time.
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to convene its 48th session on August 11-13, with August 14-15 set as a backup date, according to the NA Office.
Vietnam’s Ambassador to Brazil and Bolivia Bui Van Nghi has led an embassy delegation to attend official events marking the 200th anniversary of Bolivia’s Independence Day.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with members of the Vietnam Innovation Network in Korea (VINK) and Vietnamese experts living and working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
In an interview with Korean media on the occasion of Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to the RoK, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the visit demonstrates Vietnam’s strong resolve to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the RoK, with the aim of fostering greater political trust, closer strategic coordination, more substantive and comprehensive cooperation, and stronger bonds of friendship between the two countries' people.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also a Politburo member and Secretary of the Government Party Committee, attended the 4th Party Congress of the EVN Party Organisation for the 2025–2030 tenure on August 10, directing EVN to ensure power supply to meet the country’s development demands with double-digit growth set for the coming years.
Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Seongnam Air Base in Seoul on August 10 afternoon (local time), beginning a state visit to the Republic of Korea from August 10-13.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly departed from Hanoi on August 10 morning for a four-day state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK), which is made at an invitation of RoK President Lee Jae Myung.
As part of the ASEAN Day celebrations, the Vietnamese embassy will also host the ASEAN Family Day 2025 in Ottawa to foster solidarity and community spirit among ASEAN members in Canada.
State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Party General Secretary To Lam called on the criminal police force to accelerate the application of science, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation in criminal investigation tasks such as crime prevention, detection, tracking and verification, ensuring that no area remains out of their reach.
Many Koreans living, studying, and working in Hanoi see the upcoming state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Party General Secretary To Lam as an opportunity to generate strong synergy in economic cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, and cultural understanding.
The achievements of the five decades of Vietnam–Angola cooperation provide a strong and enduring foundation, as well as momentum for the two sides to consolidate, expand, and bring their partnership into a new phase of development.
