Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Van Loi has led a delegation of Vietnamese representative agencies in South Africa to attend a seminar on ASEAN investment held by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) of South Africa and the Northern Cape provincial government in Kimberley city.
Zimbabwe always considers Vietnam a close friend, and hopes to further develop its friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with the Southeast Asian country, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has affirmed.
Ambassador Hoang Van Loi donates to support Truong Sa district (Photo: VNA) The collected money will be handed over to the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) when representatives of the Vietnamese community in South Africa make a trip to Vietnamese islands, which is scheduled for later this year. According to Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Van Loi, the Vietnamese community in the country always shows active response to activities to support their fellows at home, including assisting residents in flood-hit areas and contributing to the COVID-19 prevention and control fund. He said that many Vietnamese who could not attend the event directly still donated cash to the fund via bank transfer or through their relatives. Since 2012, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Naval High Command have coordinated to organise trips for overseas Vietnamese to the country's islands, including Truong Sa island district and DK1 Platform. The trips have helped inspire the p
Vietnam and South Africa have discussed preparations for the upcoming fifth meeting of the Inter-Governmental Partnership Forum of the two countries scheduled to take place in 2022.