VOV.VN - Vietnam always places importance on the traditional friendship with South Africa, and considers the African nation to be an important cooperation and development partner in Africa.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will consider importing coal from South Africa to feed coal fired power plants as it has an increasing power demand for economic recovery.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Van Loi recently undertook a fact-finding mission to Cape Town in order to seek new possibilities for Vietnamese commodities to penetrate deeper into the South African market.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung has cabled a congratulatory message to the South African Communist Party (SACP) on the occasion of its 100th founding anniversary.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa has advised all Vietnamese citizens residing and doing business in the African country to remain vigilant regarding the current security situation and to avoid travel to areas that are hotspots of instability.

Pretoria News, part of Independent Media - the leading South African media group, on April 7 published an article titled “Vietnam places hope in new leadership.”

VOV.VN - The 60th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Declaration on Decolonialisation, was held by three members of the UN Security Council, including the nation, alongside Russia, and South Africa, on December 17.