Hanoi, June 12 -- Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the committee's Inspection Commission Tran Sy Thanh hosted a reception in Hanoi on June 11 for Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Jim Nickel. The host praised the ambassador and the Canadian Embassy for their efforts in promoting cooperation between ministries, localities and business communities of the two countries. Thanh expressed satisfaction with the strong development of Vietnam-Canada relations, highlighted by regular high-level exchanges and visits, rapidly growing bilateral trade, expanding defence and security cooperation, and deeper collaboration in science, technology, education and training. Two-way trade reached 8.6 billion USD in 2025, ...