In her opening remarks, Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Trinh Thi Tam reaffirmed the greatness of President Ho Chi Minh, an extraordinary revolutionary who dedicated his life to Vietnam’s national liberation and struggles for peace, justice, independence, and social progress around the world.

Vietnam highly values the Declaration of the G7 Trade Ministers’ Conference in February on strengthening the rules-based, inclusive, free and fair multilateral trading system within the WTO.