This is an important foreign policy activity, continuing to demonstrate that Vietnam is an active, responsible member and has made practical contributions to the common work of the international community; affirming that Vietnam values and wishes to deepen relationships with countries and partners.
On the journey of participating and cooperating with the United Nations, Vietnam has increasingly affirmed that it is an active, responsible and effective member, highly appreciated and expressed with anticipation, by the international community. Vietnam has maintained a peaceful and stable environment, strengthened the country's position, and has been trusted by international friends to be elected to many important positions and agencies, especially the United Nations Security Council.
The world situation has recently become complicated, the geopolitical landscape has changed deeply, strategic competition has become increasingly fierce, with profound impacts on global security, economy and trade, and poses big challenges for multilateralism and the United Nations. Global issues, such as climate change, natural disasters, energy and food security and epidemics, have a synergistic impact, while resources for development are lacking, negatively impacting the progress of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
In that context, the United Nations has continued to play a role in global governance, promoting international dialogue, cooperation and commitment in the fields of peace, security, development cooperation and ensuring human rights. The United Nations has also played an important role in creating frameworks and mechanisms through consultation processes, to resolve disputes, curb conflicts and shape future world development.
On the journey of participating and cooperating with the United Nations, Vietnam has increasingly affirmed that it is an active, responsible and effective member, highly appreciated and expressed with anticipation, by the international community. Vietnam has maintained a peaceful and stable environment, strengthened the country's position, and has been trusted by international friends to be elected to many important positions and agencies, especially the United Nations Security Council. Vietnam currently holds many important responsibilities, notably being a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (2023-2025 tenure), and continuing to run for several positions and agencies of the United Nations.
After 28 years of Vietnam and the US establishing diplomatic relations and 10 years of implementing the Comprehensive Partnership, cooperation between the two countries has developed deeply, substantially and comprehensively, in all fields and levels, contributing to security, peace, cooperation and common development. Vietnam has considered the US one of its strategically important partners. The US has affirmed its support for a strong, independent, self-reliant and prosperous Vietnam. Bilateral relations have developed according to basic principles, such as respect for independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, political institutions and equal cooperation and mutual benefit, based on international law and the United Nations Charter.
The Vietnam-US relationship has just marked an important historical milestone, when it was upgraded to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace, Cooperation and Sustainable Development, during the State visit to Vietnam, by US President Joe Biden. The visit was made at the invitation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. The new stature of Vietnam-US relations has opened a new stage of development, with a framework and space for sustainable, stable and long-term cooperation, consistent with the desires and interests of the two countries, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation, and sustainable development of the region and the world.
The Vietnam-Brazil Comprehensive Partnership has continued to develop positively. Brazil is Vietnam's largest trading partner in Latin America, the two-way trade in 2022 reached 6.78 billion USD, an increase of 6.6% compared to 2021. The two sides have strengthened cooperation on agriculture, science-technology, culture, sports, and national defence; actively exploiting the potential for cooperation in the fields of climate change response and digital transformation, promoting the launch of negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the South American common market (Mercosur), of which Brazil is a member. The two countries have maintained coordination and support each other at multilateral forums, especially the United Nations.
The 78th session of the General Assembly has the theme, “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and the sustainability for all.”
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attending the session, continuing to affirm Vietnam's proactive and positive participation and responsible and effective contribution to common work; emphasising the message of strengthening trust and multilateral cooperation, to respond and solve global challenges, promoting sustainable development with people at the centre, for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable future.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to the US will continue to affirm that Vietnam and the US value bilateral relations and promote the concretisation of agreements and commitments, that the two countries have just reached, in the spirit of the joint statement on upgrading Vietnam-US relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace, Cooperation and Sustainable Development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to pay an official visit to Brazil, contributing to strengthening political trust and deepening multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, towards the 35th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Brazil (1989-2024). The visit will create new momentum and make the Vietnam-Brazil Comprehensive Partnership more practical and effective.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to the US will continue to affirm that Vietnam and the US value bilateral relations and promote the concretisation of agreements and commitments, that the two countries have just reached, in the spirit of the joint statement on upgrading Vietnam-US relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Peace, Cooperation and Sustainable Development.
The trip made by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, to attend the General Debate of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, conduct bilateral activities in the US and pay an official visit to Brazil, will continue to affirm the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, multilateralisation and diversification.
The trip has conveyed an important message to international friends about a Vietnam of peace, cooperation and integration with active and proactive participation, and responsible and effective contributions to processes and common work of the international community, for peace, cooperation and sustainable development.
