The ASEAN Pretoria Committee (APC) on June 30 held the ASEAN Festival Day 2019 in Pretoria, attracting the participation of tens of thousands of locals.

Representatives from the Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry met on June 25 to discuss ways to boost trade cooperation between the two countries.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on June 7 sent his congratulations to Cyril Ramaphosa on his election as the President of South Africa.

Trade promotion activities will create more opportunities for Vietnamese products to penetrate South Africa – its largest trade partner in Africa, an official from the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has said.

Vietnam beat South Africa 3-0 in their second match at an international friendly tournament in Xiamen, China on May 8.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s Department of Asian-African Markets will hold a trade promotion trip to South Africa to display goods at wholesale and retail supermarkets from May 8-16.

A Vietnam – South Africa business dialogue took place in Cape Town, South Africa on March 13, part of the fourth Vietnam – South Africa inter-governmental partnership forum.

South Africa is a promising market for Vietnamese rice exporters as it consumes about 850,000 tonnes of rice a year, said an official from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa held a Vietnamese Culture and Cuisine Day in Johannesburg on December 5 to introduce Vietnamese tourism, landscapes and cuisine.

Trade between Vietnam and South Africa is expected to reach 2 billion USD at the end of 2019, heard a recent workshop in the central city of Hue.

A ceremony was held in Pretoria on November 19 to mark the 25th founding anniversary of South Africa’s diplomatic ties with Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.

Officials of the Da Nang municipal Party Committee recently had a working visit to South Africa to popularise the central city’s images and promote trade, investment and cooperation.

President of the Council of the Nation of Algeria Abdaelkader Bensalah on September 26 led a delegation to pay tribute to President Tran Dai Quang at the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam (SPPV) and the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) have agreed to cooperate in crime combat through rapid and effective criminal judicial assistance.