Tô Lâm Meets Leaders of Four Countries in Cambodia
On November 15, 2026, Tô Lâm, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and State President, met leaders from Romania, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Switzerland during the 20th Francophonie Summit in Cambodia. They discussed trade, investment, agriculture, technology and multilateral cooperation.
On the morning of November 15, 2026, Tô Lâm, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and State President, met Romanian President Nicusor Daniel Dan, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, and Swiss Vice President Ignazio Cassis during the 20th Francophonie Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Meeting the Romanian president, Tô Lâm said bilateral trade reached nearly US$557 million in 2025 and proposed expanding cooperation in sustainable agriculture, electronics, digital transformation and cybersecurity, among other fields. The Romanian president said his country would continue to increase scholarships for Vietnamese students and postgraduate researchers.
Tô Lâm meets the Romanian president.（VietVance）
Meeting the Senegalese president, Tô Lâm proposed implementing memoranda of understanding on agricultural cooperation and mobilizing resources for joint projects in the rice and cashew industries. The Senegalese president said Senegal would provide Vietnamese businesses exploring investment opportunities there with information on potential projects and preferential policies. The two sides agreed to encourage businesses to explore cooperation in energy, telecommunications, digital technology, mining, infrastructure and agriculture, and exchanged invitations to visit each other's countries.
Tô Lâm meets the Senegalese president.（VietVance）
Meeting the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tô Lâm proposed making expanded trade and investment cooperation a priority and called on the country to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese businesses in infrastructure, green transport, agriculture, forestry and mining. The two sides agreed to promote market access, business connections and negotiations on cooperation documents, while strengthening coordination between the two countries through regional organizations. This year marks the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Tô Lâm meets the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.（VietVance）
Meeting the Swiss vice president, Tô Lâm and Cassis agreed to accelerate approval procedures for the trade agreement between Vietnam and the European Free Trade Association so it can enter into force. Tô Lâm proposed making science, technology and financial technology priorities in bilateral cooperation and called on Switzerland to support Vietnam in developing talent in semiconductors, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. The two sides also agreed to advance negotiations to update their bilateral investment protection agreement and to coordinate on the possibility of negotiating a bilateral carbon credit trading agreement.
Source: VietVance
