Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Tran Thanh Cong (L) in an interview with reporter from Nile Cultural TV channel (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Cairo held an event on September 1 to introduce the culture and imageof Vietnamese people to local friends on the occasion of the 75th National Day of Vietnam.
During the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Tran Thanh Cong alsomet the local media to introduce the Vietnamese culture and cuisine, as well associo-economic achievements of the country and important milestones in Vietnam-Egypt relations.
He underlined that the 75th National Day of Vietnam coincides with the 57th founding anniversary of Vietnam-Egypt diplomatic relations, while recalling the historical visit to Vietnamby President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisiin 2017, during which more than 20 cooperation deals were signed, includingthose in economy, education and collaboration among localities.
Recently,Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held phone talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to discuss cooperationmeasures amidst the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and seek new development orientationsfor the bilateral partnership, the ambassador said.
The diplomatheld that in the future, the two sides will enjoy more fruitful cooperationthanks to the implementation of commitments they made in 2017 and 2018.
Also onSeptember 1, at a ceremony held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Pretoria,Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Van Loi said that the date of September 2, 1945 opened a newchapter for Vietnam with numerous achievements during the cause of national defence andconstruction.
He affirmed the increasing role and position of Vietnam in the world arena as well as the country’spositive and effective contributions to the maintenance of peace, cooperationand development in the region and the world, especially in 2020 when Vietnamtakes over its roles as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, Chairof ASEAN and President of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly(AIPA).
He held that since the beginning of 2020, theworld has faced great challenges, especially those brought about by the COVID-19pandemic. With the determination of the whole people and the political system,Vietnam has implemented the double goals of preventing the spread of thepandemic and boosting economic growth. The GDP growth in the first six monthsof this year reached 1.81 percent, which is likely to reach 2.8 percent for thewhole year. Foreign direct investment in the first seven months reached 3.15billion USD, up 79.8 percent year on year, while trade surplus was 7.5 billionUSD.
Loi also expressedpleasure at the development of Vietnam-South Africa relations over the years. Despite thecomplicated developments of the pandemic, the two countries maintained theirexchange through flexible forms, he said.
On September 1,South Africa’s Diplomatic Society online newspaper ran a story by its Editor-in-ChiefKirtan Bhana, highlighting major milestones during Vietnam’s nationalconstruction and defence over the past 75 years.
According tothe author, since September 2, 1945 when President Ho Chi Minh read theDeclaration of Independence, the Southeast Asian nation has risen to become one ofthe most dynamic newly-emerged economies in the world.
The “Doi Moi”(renewal) policy with the wide and in-depth vision of the Communist Party ofVietnam have shown efficiency over the past 35 years, noted the author, addingthat the country’s economy has maintain reasonable and stable growth withstable macro-economy, benefiting the region.
Vietnameseproducts have been sold in more than 200 countries and territories, while thenation has integrating deeper and more comprehensive into the regional and worldeconomies, he wrote./.
