London, Oct. 27 -- The upcoming official visit to the United Kingdom by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) from October 28 - 30 will mark a new stage in the ceaseless development of the bilateral relationship and enhance the friendship and cooperation between the two countries, according to a British scholar. In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s resident correspondent in London, Kyril Whittaker, a British researcher of Vietnamese politics and history and member of the Communist Party of Britain (CPB), stated that the visit, made at the invitation of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, will be the first by a Vietnamese Party General Secretary since 2013. It takes place at a time when the bilateral relatio...