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| Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan meets with the Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC), Fikile Mbalula. (Source: VNA) |
On the afternoon of September 14th (local time), during her official visit to the Republic of South Africa, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan met with the Secretary-General of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, Fikile Mbalula, at Luthuli House, the party's headquarters in Johannesburg.
The Vice President affirmed that Vietnam highly appreciates the role of the ANC party in South Africa and expressed his admiration for South Africa's development achievements under the leadership of the ANC party.
The Vice President expressed confidence that, with the ANC party's wealth of experience, the support of the South African people and international friends, the ANC party and the South African government will achieve even greater successes on the path of national construction and development.
On this occasion, the Vice President congratulated the ANC party on successfully organizing the 4th BRICS Expanded Dialogue of Political Parties in July, demonstrating the ANC party's increasing prestige and position on the international stage.
Warmly welcoming the Vice President to the ANC headquarters, Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula expressed admiration for Vietnam's national liberation and reunification. He emphasized that the victory of the Communist Party and people of Vietnam is a source of inspiration, motivation, and strength for the ANC and the people of South Africa in their struggle for freedom and equality, towards building a democratic, just, and prosperous South Africa.
ANC Secretary-General Mbalula affirmed that the party always values the solidarity and friendship that Vietnam has shown towards South Africa's past struggle, and reaffirmed the consistent policy of the ANC and the South African Government in promoting comprehensive and good cooperation with the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese Government in the future.
At the meeting, both sides highly appreciated the traditional friendship between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the ANC Party, which was formed in the 1960s, even before the two countries officially established diplomatic relations, and which is currently developing and becoming more substantive, playing a guiding role in the overall relationship between the two countries.
Both sides agreed that in the coming period, the two Parties and States need to strengthen exchanges of delegations and contacts at all levels, especially at the high level; promote the exchange of experiences in leadership and national management, and party building; coordinate closely in international political party forums of which both Parties are members; facilitate economic cooperation activities for the benefit of the people of both countries; and become a bridge for each other to expand cooperative relations with the two regions, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the world.
On this occasion, through the Secretary-General of the ANC party, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan conveyed the greetings and invitation from General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Standing Committee member Truong Thi Mai to the Chairman of the ANC party, President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Secretary-General of the ANC party Fikile Mbalula to pay an official visit to Vietnam at a suitable time.
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| Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan presents a book from General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC), Fikile Mbalula. (Source: VNA) |
On this occasion, the Vice President also presented the Secretary General of the ANC party with a book by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong titled "Some Theoretical and Practical Issues on Socialism and the Path to Socialism in Vietnam".
Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula expressed his sincere gratitude and confidence that the book is a valuable resource for enhancing understanding of Vietnam's reform and development process.
The ANC party's secretary-general sent condolences following the devastating fire in Hanoi that claimed the lives of 56 people.
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| Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan receives President of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mtho Xulu. (Source: VNA) |
Earlier, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan met with South African businesses. Attending the meeting were the South African Ambassador to Vietnam, Vuyiswa Tulelo; the President of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI), Mtho Xulu; the Director General of SACCI, Alan Mukoki; and representatives from numerous businesses in various sectors including pharmaceuticals, fruit cultivation and export, fresh agricultural product export, coal and ferrous alloy production; and representatives from the KwaZulu-Natal Trade and Investment Promotion Agency.
During the meeting, the Vice President expressed his pleasure at visiting the Rainbow Nation, especially as the two countries are celebrating 30 years of diplomatic relations.
The Vice President highly appreciated South Africa's position and role as a leading hub and important transit gateway for goods in the Southern African region. According to the Vice President, the two countries need to continue promoting economic, trade, and investment cooperation in the coming time to match their potential and the market of over 160 million people.
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| Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan with South African business leaders. (Source: VNA) |
The Vice President suggested that, given their important role in connecting and supporting businesses from both sides to promote cooperation, SACCI and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry should strengthen cooperation, promote exchanges of ministerial-level delegations on trade and investment, enhance information exchange on the legal frameworks of each country, and encourage businesses from both sides to connect and participate in trade fairs and exhibitions.
During the meeting, representatives from businesses and localities warmly welcomed the Vice President of Vietnam to South Africa and presented the strengths of their industries as well as their investment and trade potential.
According to the representatives, Vietnam and South Africa truly have great potential to boost trade and investment cooperation, and enhance the exchange of goods and services. The representatives expressed their desire for more opportunities to learn about the Vietnamese market and to strengthen communication between the two countries.
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