Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng leaves Hà Nội on September 12 morning for the 18th BRICS Summit and bilateral activities in India. VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng and a high-ranking delegation of Việt Nam left Hà Nội this morning for the 18th BRICS Summit and bilateral activities in India from September 12-13, at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Hưng is accompanied by Politburo Member, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Hoài Trung; Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Đặng Xuân Phong; Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Trường Thắng; Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Văn Long; Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyễn Bích Ngọc; Vice Chairman of the Government Office Đôn Tuấn Phong; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Minh Hằng; and Vietnamese Ambassador to India Trịnh Minh Mạnh.

This is the first time PM Hưng has attended a BRICS Summit and the second time Việt Nam has participated in the event as a BRICS partner, demonstrating the country's growing role, stature and responsible contributions to global issues and the future of the region and the world.

Việt Nam's participation in the 18th BRICS Summit in India further reflects its consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, peace, friendship, cooperation and development; multilateralisation and diversification of external relations; and proactive, active, comprehensive, extensive and effective international integration. — VNA/VNS