 General Secretary To Lam meets with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. |
The Party leader highly appreciated Blair's efforts in promoting Vietnam–UK relations. He also welcomed the Tony Blair Institute’s initiatives and cooperative activities in providing policy advice, supporting digital transformation, fostering green economic development, and strengthening governance capacity in many countries, including Vietnam.
For his part, Blair congratulated Vietnam and the UK on upgrading their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Hailing Vietnam’s recent achievements, Blair affirmed that Vietnam is now a bright spot of the world. He stressed that the Tony Blair Institute stands ready to enhance support for Vietnam in areas of its expertise, including policy consultation for building a financial centre, digital transformation, green energy strategies, attracting high-quality investment, human resource development, and improving state governance capacity through the application of artificial intelligence.
The same day, General Secretary To Lam met with leader of the Conservative Party of the UK Kemi Badenoch.
General Secretary Lam spoke highly of the Conservative Party leader’s contributions to advancing trade and investment cooperation between the two countries when she served as Secretary of State for Business and Trade.
Congratulating Vietnam on its socio-economic achievements in recent years under the leadership of the CPV and General Secretary Lam, Badenoch welcomed the adoption of the joint declaration on elevating Vietnam–UK relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
She emphasized that the Conservative Party values and supports the promotion of multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, as well as people-to-people ties.
The Conservative Party will work to further advance relations with Vietnam at the Parliament, encourage the British Government to maintain an active cooperation policy with Vietnam, and assist the country in strengthening economic governance, digital transformation, and high-quality human resources training.
The two leaders agreed to step up cooperation between the two Parties through increased exchanges and policy experience sharing, contributing to the development of the traditional friendship and the Vietnam–UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for the long-term benefit of their peoples, as well as for peace, security, and sustainable development in the region and the world.