The aid was the result of a recent visit to Mongolia by Vietnamese State President Nguyen Minh Triet.

The gift of 1,000 tonnes of rice expresses the gratitude of the Vietnamese people to the Mongolian people’s support for Vietnam’s struggle for national liberation and its current process of national construction and development.

The Charge d’affaires of the Mongolian Embassy in Vietnam, Bayarmankh, expressed his thanks for the valuable assistance given by the Vietnamese Party, State and people to Mongolia.