President Putin and other Russian leaders attended the award ceremony, which recognised Party General Secretary and State President To Lam's contributions to promoting peace, cooperation, and understanding between nations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired the official welcome ceremony for Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, his spouse, and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation at the Kremlin in Moscow on the night of 9 September, Vietnam time.
Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm, accompanied by his spouse and heading a high-level Vietnamese delegation, arrived in Paris on the morning of 10 September (GMT+7) for an official visit to France, where he will also attend the International Space Summit.
President Putin and other Russian leaders attended the award ceremony, which recognised Party General Secretary and State President To Lam's contributions to promoting peace, cooperation, and understanding between nations.
Vietnam is taking part for a ninth time in United Nations peacekeeping operations, deploying this time in South Sudan. Over more than four years of participation, Vietnam's peacekeeping contingents have been steadily increasing in size from the initial three officers to nine this time.
President Ho Chi Minh's visit to France in the summer of 1946 marked his very first diplomatic mission abroad as Head of State. He travelled to France to negotiate and seek a peaceful settlement, fiercely defending Vietnam's newly-born independence through peaceful means.
Party General Secretary and President To Lam met Vanhxay Phongsavanh, Politburo member and Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee's Inspection Commission, in Hanoi on 26 August.