Minsk, May 12 -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam and Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko have signed a joint statement officially establishing a strategic partnership between Vietnam and Belarus, during the Vietnamese leader's state visit on May 11-12. According to the statement, the Vietnam - Belarus relationship is founded on shared interests and adherence to the fundamental principles of international law and the United Nations Charter. These principles include respect for the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of all nations as well as of each country's political system, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, mutual respect for national interests, a...