Mme. Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Vice State President, assumes the position of Acting President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from March 21, 2024, until the National Assembly elects a new President, an announcement of the National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee read.
The National Assembly (NA) on March 21 morning adopted a resolution relieving Vo Van Thuong from the Presidency of Vietnam and the position of NA deputy.
President Vo Van Thuong received Pakistani Ambassador Samina Mehtab in Hanoi on March 12, congratulating the outgoing diplomat on her excellent fulfillment of tasks in Vietnam.
President Vo Van Thuong presented the decision to bestow the “Procurator of the Supreme People’s Procuracy” title, the highest of the procuracy sector, upon five individuals on March 7.
President Vo Van Thuong joined representatives of intellectuals, scientists, and artists nationwide in a gathering held in Hanoi on February 29, stressing the importance of promoting their role in national construction and defence.
The Party and State always place people at the centre of development, and caring for and improving people’s health is one of the important tasks and top priorities of Vietnam’s development policy, President Vo Van Thuong has affirmed.
President Vo Van Thuong emphasised the importance of grassroots health care while visiting some medical facilities in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 25, ahead of the Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).
State President Vo Van Thuong extended his best wishes to Vietnamese people and foreign friends, as the lunar New Year – the Year of the Dragon - has just arrived.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Peru Bui Van Nghi has presented a copy of his credentials to Director –General of Protocol and State Ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru Jaime Cacho-Sousa Velázquez who underlined that Vietnam is the number one partner of his country in ASEAN.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung on February 7 handed Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone letters of best wishes from Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo Van Thuong to former Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and former President of Laos Khamtai Siphandone on the occasion of his 100th birthday, which falls on February 8.
“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) 2024, the biggest annual event for overseas Vietnamese on the occasion of the Lunar New Year festival, was held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 2. President Vo Van Thuong attended the event.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of his country while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador Bui Van Nghi, who came to present his credentials in Brasilia on January 31.
President Vo Van Thuong on January 31 sent his congratulations to Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on his ascension to the throne as the 17th King of Malaysia.
Vietnam and the Philippines have issued a joint press statement on the occasion of the State visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.
President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse hosted a banquet in honour of Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse, who are on a state visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on January 30 evening.
President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on January 30 visited the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, a world cultural heritage site in Hanoi, as part of the latter’s state visit to Vietnam.
President Vo Van Thuong and his visiting Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. agreed to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in various fields, during their talks in Hanoi on January 30 morning.
President Vo Van Thuong visited and offered Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to people, the mobile police, and the customs force of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on January 25.
President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse hosted a banquet in honour of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his spouse at the Hanoi Opera House on January 23 evening.