A look back at Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong in meetings with world leaders

Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the latter’s state visit to Vietnam on June 19-20, 2024.

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Vietnam considers strengthening the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia a top priority in its foreign policy, Trong tells Putin during their talks in Hanoi on June 20.

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General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his spouse host a welcoming ceremony for Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his spouse at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on December 12, 2023.

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During the talks, the two sides agree to promote strong, stable, long-term, and more effective development of mutual relations at a new level.

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General Secretary Trong presides over a welcoming ceremony for United States President Joe Biden at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on September 10, 2023, following the latter’s arrival for a two-day State visit to Vietnam.

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This is Biden’s first visit to Vietnam after taking in early 2021. The trip takes place at a time when both sides are celebrating 10 years of their comprehensive partnership and 28 years of joint diplomatic ties.

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Vietnam and Cambodia strive to maintain and cultivate their traditional friendship and co-operative relations for future generations, Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong tells Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet during their meeting in Hanoi on December 11, 2023.

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General Secretary Trong receives Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Hanoi on August 28, 2023. Lee’s visit is an important milestone in bilateral relations as it takes place at a time when the two sides are celebrating 50 years of diplomatic ties and a decade of their strategic partnership.

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The Party leader greets President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk-yeol, his spouse on a visit to Hanoi on June 23, 2023, following the upgrade of the bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership in late 2022.

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Welcoming Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on his official visit to Vietnam on June 4, 2023, General Secretary Trong affirms the importance that Vietnam attaches to relations with Australia and highly values the strong, substantive, and comprehensive development of bilateral ties over recent years.

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The Party leader affirms that Vietnam treasures ties with New Zealand in its foreign policy. At a reception in Hanoi on November 14, 2022, for NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, the Party chief also highlights the Vietnamese foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification, and multilateralisation of ties, along with active and proactive global integration.

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At a meeting with UN Secretary General António Guterres in Hanoi on October 21, 2022, General Secretary Trong affirms the UN is an important international partner for Vietnam, co-operation with the UN body is one of the priorities in its foreign policy.

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The Party chief voices his delight at the flourishing relationship with Japan while receiving Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Hanoi on May 1, 2022.

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The top Vietnamese leader receives General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President Thongloun Sisoulith on June 28, 2021, during the latter’s official visit to the nation. (Photo: VNA)

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The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam holds talks with US President Donald Trump on February 27, 2019, during the latter’s trip to Hanoi for the second DPRK-USA summit. (Photo: VGP)