More congratulations to Vietnam on 75th National Day

Foreigners walk past a billboard for Vietnam's 75th National Day on Dien Bien Phu street in Ha Noi. (Photo: VNA)

In her congratulatory letter to Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, Singaporean President Halimah Yacob spoke highly of Vietnam’s socio-economic achievements as well as success in COVID-19 containment.

She affirmed the support for Vietnam to successfully perform the 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship, expressing her wish to further strengthen the two countries’ strategic partnership on the basis of the multifaceted cooperation and close-knit ties between their leaders, businesses and peoples so as to jointly overcome current challenges.

On this occasion, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sent congratulations to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and PM Denis Shmygal also offered greetings to Party and State leader Nguyen Phu Trong and PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Highly valuing Vietnam’s attainments over the past years, the Ukrainian leaders voiced their hope for increased dialogue and more effective cooperation in all aspects between the two sides, believing that their traditional friendship and comprehensive partnership will develop more strongly for the sake of the two peoples.

Meanwhile, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros and First Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Diosdado Cabello Rondon extended congratulations to Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong.

They expressed their admiration for Vietnam’s historic achievements over the last 75 years and reiterated the commitment to enhancing the comprehensive partnership between the two countries.

Party and State leader Nguyen Phu Trong and PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc also received greetings from President Ilham Aliyev and PM Ali Asadov of Azerbaijan, President Armen Sarkissian and PM Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, President Janos Ader and Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary Laszlo Kover, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Romanian PM Ludovic Orban.

On this occasion, Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh received greetings from Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bairamov, and Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu.

For his part, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah lauded Vietnam’s role as the ASEAN Chair in 2020, especially in leading intra-bloc cooperation to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

He highly valued the sound development of the Vietnam-Brunei partnership at all levels, affirming his hope to continue promoting the bilateral comprehensive partnership and expanding collaboration to new areas for the benefit of both sides as well as peace, stability and prosperity in the region.

Meanwhile, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier extended his greetings to Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, hailing Vietnam’s success in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and appreciating Vietnam’s gift of face masks to Germany, which showed the solidarity spirit amidst difficulty.

The German leader expressed pleasure at the growing ties between the two countries. He underlined that this year when Vietnam performs the double roles of a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council and ASEAN Chair and Germany performs the role of rotating presidency of the EU, the two countries can coordinate to make contributions in regional and multilateral frameworks to the settlement of urgent global issues, especially the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad sent their greetings to Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on a special day.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong also received greetings from King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia; King of the Netherlands Williem Alexander; King of Sweden Carl Gustaf R; the Czech Republic President Milos Zeman; Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa; Mozambican President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi; and Jordan’s King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein.

Greetings to the Party and State leader also came from General Secretary of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Saavedra, and Vice President Rosario Murillo; Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi; Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen; Palestine’s President and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Mahmoud Abbas; the Central Committee of the Chilean Communist Party, and Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party Kazuo Shii.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc got greetings from PM of Algeria Abdelaziz Djerad; the Czech Republic’s PM Andrej Babis; Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan; Poland’s PM Mateus Morawiecki; and Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borissov.

On the occasion, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh also received greeting messages from the second Foreign Minister of Brunei, and the Foreign Ministers of Algeria, the Netherlands, Poland, Hungary, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay and Peru.