President Tran Dai Quang received the South African Ambassador and bid him farewell.

The President hopes that the Ambassador will continue to be a bridge to introduce and promote Vietnam's investment and business opportunities.

On the morning of December 7, at the Presidential Palace, President Tran Dai Quang received South African Ambassador Kgomotso Ruth Magau who came to say goodbye at the end of his term in Vietnam.

President Tran Dai Quang received South African Ambassador Kgomotso Ruth Magau to say goodbye.

President Tran Dai Quang congratulated the Ambassador on successfully completing her term of office in Vietnam. He highly appreciated South Africa's leading position in the continent as well as its role and influence in multilateral organizations and forums such as the United Nations, African Union, Non-Aligned Movement, G20, BRICS, etc. The President affirmed that the State and people of Vietnam always attach importance to the traditional friendship and "partnership for cooperation and development" with South Africa.

The President said that South Africa is Vietnam's leading trade partner in Africa with bilateral trade turnover in recent years maintained at over 1 billion USD; emphasizing that the two countries still have a lot of potential to further promote bilateral cooperation, especially in the fields of trade, mining, education , tourism, natural resources and environment...

The President emphasized that in 2018 the two countries will celebrate the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations; he hoped that the two countries will have many practical activities on this occasion, thereby promoting the further development of cooperation between the two countries.

On this occasion, the President expressed his hope that no matter what position she holds, the Ambassador will continue to be a bridge to introduce and promote Vietnam's investment and business opportunities, thereby contributing to promoting the growing cooperation between Vietnam and South Africa and other African countries.

The President expressed his hope that the Ambassador will continue to be a bridge to introduce and promote Vietnam's investment and business opportunities.

For her part, Ms. Kgomotso Ruth Magau expressed her delight at the growing cooperation between the two countries in all areas such as politics, economics, and diplomacy. The Ambassador said that in order to achieve this development, in addition to cooperation through channels, the Parties, Governments, and National Assemblies of both sides also cooperate well in international forums.

The Ambassador thanked the State and Government of Vietnam for always creating conditions for him to successfully complete his assigned tasks, and hoped to continue to receive the attention of the State and Government of Vietnam for his successor.

Believing that the cooperation between the two countries is not yet commensurate with its potential, the Ambassador said she will hand over to her successor to continue promoting the cooperation between the two countries, thereby bringing the relationship between the two countries to a new height./.

According to VOV.VN

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