
Receiving Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa and ZimbabweHoang Van Loi who came to present his letter of credentials on May 12, PresidentMnangagwa congratulated Vietnam on its impressive achievements insocio-economic development and its increasing role and prestige in theinternational arena.
Recalling the good bilateral relations since Vietnamsupported Zimbabwe in its previous struggle for independence and is an activemember of the Non-Aligned Movement, he expressed his wish that the ties willgrow further, especially in economics and trade and in fields that the twocountries have great potential and strengths such as agriculture, mining,tourism, education and training.
Ambassador Loi conveyed greetings from Vietnamese leaders toPresident Mnangagwa, as well as an invitation for him to visit Vietnam. PresidentMnangagwa accepted the invitation, saying that he would arrange the visit at aconvenient time.
Earlier, the Vietnamese diplomat paid a courtesy visit to Ministerof Foreign Affairs and International Trade Frederick Shava who stated that thetwo countries should strengthen the exchange of delegations at all levels andcontinue to support each other at multilateral forums, particularly the UnitedNations. He congratulated Vietnam on becoming an observer of the African Union(AU) and affirmed that Zimbabwe will always support Vietnam in developingrelations with the AU in general and African member countries in particular.
He took the occasion to invite Vietnamese firms to join the ZimbabweInternational Trade Fair (ZITF) slated for April 2023. He affirmed thatZimbabwe always welcomes and creates favourable conditions for Vietnamesebusinesses to seek business opportunities in the country./.