London, Oct. 30 -- Vietnam and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement announcing the elevation of Vietnam-UK relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership following the talks between General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on October 29 (local time). Following is the full text of the joint declaration. JOINT DECLARATION ON THE ELEVATION OF VIETNAM - UNITED KINGDOM RELATIONS TO COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP 1. Over more than five decades since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1973 and fifteen years since the adoption of the Strategic Partnership framework in 2010, Vietnam and the United Kingdom have built a strong and enduring part...