Greetings from abroad on Vietnam’s National Day

Vietnam’s Party, State, National Assembly and Government leaders have received more greetings from other countries on the occasion of the 71 st National Day.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Party, State, National Assembly and Government leaders have received more greetings from other countries on the occasion of the 71st National Day.

The well-wishers are:

- Malaysia’s 14th King Almu’tasimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah; Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib.

- Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej; Prime Minister Prayut Chan–o–cha.

- US President Barack Obama.

- Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliev.

- Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud; Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who is First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior; Deputy Crown Prince, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

- Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi.

- Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

- Bangladesh’s President Md. Abdul Hamid; Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

- Belarus’s President Aliasandr Lukashenko; Chairman of the National Assembly’s House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko; Speaker of the National Assembly’s Council of the Republic Mikhail Myasnikovich.

- The United Arab Emirates’s President Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahya; Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum; Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

- Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev; Prime Minister Karim Massimov; Speaker of Lower House Nurlan Nigmatulin.

- Kuwait’s Emir Sabah Al Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah; Crown Prince Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al Sabah.

- Croatia’s President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.

- Dominican Republic’s President Danilo Medina.

- Estonia’s President Toomas Hendrik Ilves.

- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani.

- Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi.

- Morocco’s King Mohammed VI.

- South Africa’s President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa.

- Nepal’s President Viddya Devi Bhandari; Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachand”.

- Oman’s Sultan Qaboos Bin Said.

- Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan; Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.

- Switzerland’s President Johann N. Schneider - Ammann.

- Sudan’s President Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir; First Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh.

Also on the occasion, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh received greetings from the foreign ministers of Malaysia, Thailand, the US, Poland, Belarus, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Iran, Mexico, Palestine, Peru and Turkey.-VNA

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