The Holy See Press Office released the following statement about Pope Leo XIV’s meeting on Monday morning with the Vice-President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:

Pope Leo XIV received in audience, in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, the Vice-President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Her Excellency Madam Vo Thi An Xuan, who subsequently met with His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations.