Lebanese President vows to further enhance ties with Vietnam

President of Lebanon Michel Aoun said he will pay special attention to further enhancing the Vietnam-Lebanon ties in a recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt and Lebanon Do Hoang Long.
Lebanese President vows to further enhance ties with Vietnam ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt and Lebanon Do Hoang Long (right) presented his letter of credential to Lebanese President Michel Aoun at a ceremony in Beirut on April 28. (Photo: VNA)

Cairo (VNA) –President of Lebanon Michel Aoun said he will pay special attention to furtherenhancing the Vietnam-Lebanon ties in a recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassadorto Egypt and Lebanon Do Hoang Long.

Long presented aletter of credential to the Lebanese President at a ceremony in Beirut on April28.   

The ambassadorhighlighted the development of the two countries’ relations in recent years,adding that the two sides have laid a solid foundation for bilateralcooperation in multiple fields, particularly trade.

The ambassador pledgedhe will do his utmost to bolster the bilateral ties towards multifacetedcooperation for the benefit of their people.

For his part, Aouncongratulated Long on his appointment as the Ambassador of Vietnam to Lebanonand spoke highly of the steps making by the two nations.

During the visit toLebanon on April 26-29, Long also met with Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairsand Emigrants Gebran Bassil to discuss ways to boost bilateral partnership inthe fields of foreign affairs, trade and economy, and labour.- VNA
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