Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam will pay official visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, and make a working trip to Saudi Arabia, where he will attend the 8th Edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), from October 27 to November 2, the Government  News quoted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as announcing.

The trips will be made at the respective invitations of UAE President of Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Prime Minister of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jasim Al-Thani, and Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman.

This is the first visit by a Vietnamese Prime Minister to UAE and Qatar over the past 15 years and also the first visit by a head of the Vietnamese Government  to Saudi Arabia since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.