Vietnam and its traditional friends in Africa, including Burundi, share similarities in their struggles for national liberation and development, providing a foundation conducive to further deepening substantive friendship and cooperation, said Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung.

VOV.VN - Vietnam desires to strengthen cooperation with Burundi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye during their meeting in New York on September 22 on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly.

VOV.VN - Cambodian National Assembly (NA) President Samdech Heng Samrin led a delegation of members of the Cambodian NA on September 12 to visit the Military Telecommunications & Industry Corporation (Viettel).

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Burundi have agreed to exempt visas for citizens of the two countries holding diplomatic and official passports.

VOV.VN - The country is keen to ramp up co-operation with African nations, with there being ample room for partnership to flourish moving forward, Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu said in a recent interview with the media.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, has reaffirmed the nation’s support for the UN’s strategy aimed at promoting security and sustainable development in the African Great Lakes region.