ASF poses a serious threat to pig production and the livelihoods of Lao people. Local authorities are calling for coordinated efforts to contain and eliminate the outbreak, including heightened surveillance in several villages across Xaysomboun and Bolikhamxay provinces.
The friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Middle East and African countries reached important milestones with historical significance, marking a new phase in their relationships.
State President Luong Cuong hosted a January 8 reception for Togo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Togolese Abroad Robert Dussey, who began his three-day official visit to Vietnam on the same day.
Although Vietnam’s rice exports have traditionally focused on Asian markets, experts have advised businesses to pay more attention to Africa which has emerged as a key potential market.
Although economic cooperation between Vietnam and Africa has developed positively, it has not yet matched the potential, the strong political relations, and the aspirations of the people from both sides, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet said on September 18.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam and Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi held talks in Hanoi on September 9, discussing concrete orientations and measures to further promote the two countries’ cooperation in the coming time.
Party General Secretary and President To Lam said the official visit by Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, the first delegation exchange at the Head of State level between the two countries since they established diplomatic ties in 1973, will be a success, injecting a new impetus into bilateral friendship and cooperation.
The Indonesian Foreign Ministry has reaffirmed its commitment to boosting cooperation with African nations, focusing on health and energy, ahead of the second Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF) which will take place in September in Indonesia.
Phan Van Mai, Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, received Manuel Domingos Augusto, Politburo member and Secretary of the Central Committee of the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), on August 22.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on July 25 received Minister of War Veterans and Rights Holders of Algeria Laid Rebiga, who is in Vietnam to attend the funeral for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Businesses need to carefully learn about customs and consumption trends in Africa and the Middle East when they want to expand exports, particularly Halal products, to the market, heard a conference on July 12.
Domestic and foreign scholars on July 5 exchanged experience in developing Halal ecosystems in countries at an international workshop held by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VAAS) in Hanoi.
President To Lam separately received the ambassadors of Pakistan, Mozambique, and Timor-Leste who came to present their credentials in Hanoi on June 18.
President Ho Chi Minh, his role in the national liberation movements in Africa, and the Vietnam - Morocco relations were the focus of a workshop held in Rabat capital on May 31.
