Vietnamese Ambassador presents credentials to Algerian President
VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Vu Duy Long presented his credentials to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune at the Presidential Palace on September 14.
Following the presentation ceremony, during a courtesy call on President Tebboune, Ambassador Vu Duy Long expressed his honor at assuming the responsibility as Vietnam’s Ambassador to Algeria, affirming his utmost efforts during his tenure to help strengthen the fine traditional friendship between the two countries, particularly by promoting the concretization and effective implementation of the Vietnam-Algeria strategic partnership framework.
On this occasion, Ambassador Vu Duy Long conveyed regards from Vietnam’s senior leaders and thanked President Tebboune for his consistent attention to bilateral relations, notably across politics and diplomacy, defence and security, economics,, trade, energy, and agriculture, as well as to the Vietnamese community living and working in Algeria. Following the meeting, the Ambassador give a brief speech to the press in the host nation.
Though geographically distant, Vietnam and Algeria share a long-standing relationship, forged particularly through their respective struggles for national liberation and independence. On October 28, 1962, Vietnam was among the first countries to establish diplomatic ties with Algeria immediately after it gained independence, opening its embassy in Algiers in November 1962.
Algeria was also the first country where Vietnam established an embassy in the Middle East-Africa region, while Algeria opened its embassy in Hanoi in April 1968. On November 19, 2025, during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's official visit to Algeria, the two sides agreed to upgrade bilateral relations to a strategic partnership.
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