Vietnam and Egypt have a traditional relationship and have great potential to promote cooperation in various fields, saying that this is a solid foundation for Hanoi and Cairo to establish friendship and cooperative relations, Nguyen Van Phong, deputy secretary of Hanoi Party Committee, has said.
Deputy head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Truong Quang Hoai Nam had meetings with Egyptian parliamentarians and representatives from political parties, during his visit to Egypt from September 27-29.
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry stressed that his country is keen on developing ties with Singapore in various fields at a September 12 meeting in Cairo with Teo Chee Hea, Singapore’s Senior Minister & Coordinating Minister for National Security.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception for Egyptian Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Aly Kamel Aly in Hanoi on September 9, during which he said Vietnam attaches importance to the bilateral traditional friendship and wishes to enhance multifaceted cooperative ties.
A workshop aiming to promote trade connection between Vietnamese and Egyptian businesses was held in Cairo on September 8, attracting those specialising in agricultural products, seafood, construction material, household plastic, paper, packaging and fertiliser.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a message of sympathy to President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al Sisi over the huge losses in human lives and assets caused by a fire at Abu Sefein church in Giza city on August 14.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 23 sent his congratulations to his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on the occasion of Egypt’s 70th National Day (July 23).
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that Vietnam’s partnerships with Belarus and Egypt will grow while receiving the countries’ new ambassadors who came to present their credentials on April 13.
A get-together to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival for Vietnamese people living, working and studying in Egypt was hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in the African country on January 31.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Tran Thanh Cong led a delegation to visit Damietta province on November 22-23 with the aim to promote cooperation in terms of economy, trade, investment and culture between Vietnam and Egypt in general and localities of the two countries in particular.
The second meeting of the Vietnam – Egypt Sub-Committee on Trade and Industry Cooperation was held virtually on August 18 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung and his Egyptian counterpart Ibrahim El-Seginy.
Egypt’s prosecution agency on July 26 sent a document to the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt asking for coordination to verify the death of a Vietnamese dancer.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Tran Thanh Cong has called on Egyptian investors to seek trade, culture and tourism cooperation opportunities in Vietnam during a business forum in Hurghada city in Red Sea province on July 7.