VOV.VN - Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President To Lam on September 6 hosted a welcoming ceremony for Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo who is in Hanoi on an official visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wants to ramp up economic and trade cooperation with Ivory Coast, one of its leading trading partners in Africa, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien told Adama Bictogo, president of the National Assembly of Ivory Coast.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hailed the development of bilateral ties while receiving Vice President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo in Hanoi on December 5.

Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and her visiting Nigerian counterpart Yemi Osinbajo agreed on specific orientations to deepen cooperation between the two countries in an effective manner, during their talks in Hanoi on December 5.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat to the United Nations has called on Mali to maintain national stability and reconciliation to hold free and fair elections in 2022.

Vietnam advocates a coherent and integrated approach to address security, as well as humanitarian and socioeconomic development challenges in Mali, Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d'Affaires of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, said on January 13.

A Vietnamese representative strongly condemned attacks on innocent civilians in West Africa and the Sahel while attending the United Nations Security Council’s online conference on January 11.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese permanent mission to the UN, speaking on behalf of ASEAN member states Vietnam and Indonesia during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on October 8, reiterated both nations’ support for the solidarity, independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Mali.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese businesses should strictly monitor political situation and policy changes when conducting transactions in Mali following unfavourable developments in the country, according to Hoang Duc Nhuan, Vietnamese Trade Counsellor to Algeria and Mali.