President Tran Dai Quang (right) receiving outgoing Mozambican Ambassador to Vietnam Gamiliel Sepul Veda Joao Munguambe The Vietnamese leader lauded the ambassador’s contributions to bilateral ties during his tenure, saying that both sides exchanged more than 30 delegations at all levels and carried out a number of successful projects such as Viettel’s telecom joint-venture in Mozambique and a USD 2 million project on joint research on food crops. He wished that the two countries would effectively build on the past achievements to extend ties to farm produce processing, transport, mining and education. The host expressed his desire that the ambassador, with his wealth of diplomatic experience and knowledge about Vietnam, would continue introducing business opportunities in Vietnam, thus contributing to boosting ties between Vietnam and African countries in general and with Mozambique in particular. He affirmed that Vietnamese ministries, agencies and localities will continue assisting the Mozambican embassy in promoting bilateral ties and creating favorable conditions for the new ambassador to fulfill assigned tasks. Munguambe, for his part, expressed his honor to be the first Mozambican Ambassador when the African country opened the embassy in Vietnam in 2012. He noted that potentials of the two nations remain huge and there are many opportunities to further raise two-way trade. Source: VNA
NDO/VNA – President Truong Tan Sang spoke highly of the contributions made by Nigerian Ambassador to Vietnam Mazi Okafor Matthias Ojih to enhancing bilateral relations between two countries during his tenure in Vietnam. Receiving the outgoing diplomat in Hanoi on August 28, the host said that the two countries’ bilateral relations have seen astronomical growth over the past few years however there is still great potential cooperation for the two sides. President Sang said that the two countries ought to enhance high-ranking delegation exchanges and establish an inter-government committee to accelerate co-operation programmes. He hoped that in his new position,…... [read more]
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