Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi concluded his two-day State visit to Vietnam on September 7 with fruitful results.

Vietnam always attaches great importance to developing the traditional friendship with South Africa, the only African country that it has set up the partnership for cooperation and development with, stated Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh Minh

 Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang is in Cuba for an official visit from September 8-11. 

 Member of the Parliamentary Committee on National Defense and Security Nguyen Mai Bo said that the governmental bodies must not dodge the truth in the fight against corruption.

The Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei is still keeping a close watch and coordinating with local agencies during the investigation into and settlement of the death of a Vietnamese citizen in Taiwan (China).

Corruption cases in 2017 have so far cost over VND1.35 trillion (US$59.4 million) in damages, of which VND158.8 billion, US$314,000, four houses and one apartment have been retrieved.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised Austrian Ambassador Thomas Loidl for his contribution to Vietnam-Austria relations during a reception in Hanoi on September 7.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc said he will instruct competent Vietnamese agencies to coordinate with their Egyptian counterparts to accelerate the implementation of commitments reached by the two countries’ leaders. 

Politburo member Truong Thi Mai and Gergely Gulyas, Vice President of the ruling party of Hungary signed an MoU on cooperation between CPV and the Fidesz on September 6. 

Vietnam treasures and wishes to promote the friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Egypt, especially in politics-diplomacy, culture, sports, tourism, and education-training, said NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. 

Vietnam and Cuba need to continue boosting cooperation in politics, economic-trade and investment in an effective manner, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said. 

 The Indonesian Embassy in Vietnam held a banquet on September 6 to mark the 72nd anniversary of the National Independence Day (August 17).

 Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Phuong Nam, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), received Major General Soe Win, head of the Myanmar’s army medical department, in Hanoi on September 6.

Vietnam regards South Africa as one of the leading partners in Africa, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a reception for visiting South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashabane in Hanoi yesterday.

 Trade is a top priority of the Vietnam – Ukraine comprehensive partnership, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc while receiving Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Hanoi on September 6.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed in principle with HCM City’s proposal on administrative decentralisation to a maximum possible extent during a working session in Hanoi on September 6 with the Standing Board of the municipal Party Committee. 

 Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held a reception for visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Hanoi on September 6.

 Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to step up cooperation in searching and repatriating remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the wartime.

 President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi began a two-day State visit to Vietnam on September 6 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania Nguyen Kim Doanh paid a courtesy call to Uganda’s Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, who expressed his wish that relations between Vietnam and Uganda will be enhanced soon.