Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc begins an official visit to Germany on July 5, 2017. (Source: Vietnam's Foreign Ministry)

Themed “Shaping an interconnected world”, the G20 Summit will be held on July 7-8 in Hamburg. High on the agenda will be building resilience, improving sustainability, and assuming responsibility. As the host of APEC Year 2017, Vietnam has been invited to conferences and meetings within the G20 framework this year and contribute to the draft joint statement of the summit. The visit demonstrates Vietnam's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multi-lateralization and diversification of international relations and boosting international integration.