Hanoi (VNA) - Speaker ofthe Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia Wesley W. Simina and hisspouse Ancelly Simina began their official visit to Vietnam on June 5.
The visit, which will last untilJune 15, has been made at the invitation of Chairwoman of the National Assembly(NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
Wesley W. Simina was accompaniedby Vice Speaker of the Congress Esmond B. Moses, Micronesian Ambassador toChina and Vietnam Carl Apis and other officials.
Vietnam and Micronesia officiallyset up diplomatic ties on September 22, 1995. Speaker of the MicronesianCongress Isaac V. Figir paid an official visit to Vietnam in January 2008.
Micronesia donated 25,000 USD to Vietnam toaddress consequences caused by typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Meanwhile, Vietnam alsosent 50,000 USD as relief aid to Micronesia in 2015 when storm Maysak sweptthrough Micronesia.-VNA