An official welcome ceremony for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam and his high-ranking delegation took place at the Presidential Secretariat on May 8 morning (local time).

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam (L) and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the welcome ceremony for the Vietnamese leader on May 8.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake presided over the ceremony.

At 8:30, a mounted escort led General Secretary and President Lam’s motorcade into the Presidential Secretariat while Sri Lankan artists performed traditional dances. President Dissanayake personally greeted and invited him to the ceremonial platform, where military bands played the national anthems of both countries.

A 21-gun salute was then fired in honour of the Vietnamese leader before he inspected the guard of honour.

Following the welcome ceremony, the two leaders held talks.

Vietnam and Sri Lanka have nurtured their traditional friendship across multiple fields since establishing diplomatic relations on July 21, 1970.

That enduring bond, rooted in history and carried into the present, provides a solid foundation for the two nations to elevate bilateral ties and create new momentum for development in the new period.

The state visit to Sri Lanka by the top Vietnamese Party and State leader is expected to become an important political milestone, injecting new impetus and opening up a new phase in bilateral ties, with stronger political trust and broader, deeper, more effective and substantive partnerships.

The visit not only reaffirms Vietnam’s commitment to fostering relations with Sri Lanka but also reflects the shared determination to elevate their traditional friendship from historical depth to cooperation for mutual development and prosperity.

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In his address, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam stressed that over thousands of years of formation and development, history and culture have served as strong bonds linking Vietnam and India. Though geographically distant, the two countries have been connected since early times. Indian religious, philosophical and civilisational values spread through maritime trade routes and became deeply embedded in Vietnam’s cultural and spiritual life.

 

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The signed documents include a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in digital technology between the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology and the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, a MoU on pharmaceutical management between the Vietnamese Ministry of Health’s Drug Administration and the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, and the Vietnam–India Cultural Exchange Programme for 2026 - 2030.

 

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The ongoing state visit to India by the top Vietnamese leader stands as clear evidence of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era, emphasising independence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, peace, friendship, cooperation, and development, diversification and multilateralisation of external relations, and being a responsible member of the international community.

 

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On the basis of the Vietnam – India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the two sides particularly emphasised the need for effective coordination in combating terrorism, transnational crime, online fraud, and emerging threats, thereby contributing to ensuring national security and social order in each country.

 

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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.