General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee and President Tô Lâm affirmed Việt Nam’s high regard for its friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Switzerland during his phone talks with President of Switzerland Guy Parmelin on Monday.
General Secretary and President Lâm congratulated Parmelin on his re-election for a second term, and voiced his hope that both sides would continue joint work to effectively realise and further deepen the bilateral Comprehensive Partnership established in January 2025.
He pointed to Việt Nam’s goal of becoming a high-income, developed country by 2045 with annual growth of 10 per cent or higher, and reiterated the country’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, resilience, multilateralisation and diversification, affirming that Việt Nam considers Switzerland one of its leading partners in Europe and wants it to remain a trusted companion in Việt Nam’s new development era.
For his part, President Parmelin congratulated General Secretary Lâm on being elected President by the 16th National Assembly, stressing that Việt Nam’s rapid and broad-based development gains have made a strong impression globally.
Switzerland always attaches importance to and seeks to further foster cooperation with Việt Nam in its reform process and the fulfillment of national development goals in the new period, Parmelin said.
