State Visit to Canada of His Excellency Tô Lâm, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 17, 2026 /CNW/ — Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, Governor General of Canada, is pleased to announce that His Excellency Tô Lâm, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam will undertake a State visit to Canada on September 24, 2026.
During his visit, His Excellency Tô Lâm will take part in engagements in Ottawa to further strengthen the ties between Canada and Viet Nam.
Viet Nam is an important partner for Canada in the Indo-Pacific, as well as a valued partner within APEC and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). Canada and Viet Nam enjoy broad, longstanding relations, with robust cooperation both bilaterally and multilaterally, deep people-to-people ties, a growing trade and economic partnership, and work closely together on energy security and climate action.
The State Visit will further strengthen this cooperation and contribute to the diversification of defence, security, and trade relations, and will help to deepen people-to-people ties.
A detailed itinerary of events and activities taking place at Rideau Hall will be published at a later date.
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