Hanoi, July 25 -- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 24 for Thomas Mitchell Little, President and CEO of UK-based Jadestone Energy Plc, who will oversee his company's operations in Vietnam. Hang reaffirmed that Vietnam attaches great importance to its Strategic Partnership with the UK and highly values the robust development of bilateral ties, especially since the two countries issued a Joint Statement marking the 10th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership (2010-2020), with a shared vision to further elevate relations in the coming decade. She noted that bilateral trade between Vietnam and the UK reached 8.5 billion USD in 2024, up 18% from 2023. In the first half of 2025 alone, the t...