PSNews - A high-ranking delegation of the Ministry of Public Security led by Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long paid a visit to South Africa from May 20 to 27, seeking to strengthen cooperation with law enforcement partners of the host country.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s bilateral activities within his trip to South Africa to attend G20 Summit from November 21–24 are expected to advance the Vietnam–South Africa Partnership for Cooperation and Development.
The visit comes nine years after his previous trip to Vietnam as Vice President, and is the first state visit by a South African head of state in 18 years.
A high-ranking delegation of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam, led by Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung, visited South Africa from February 24 - March 1, 2024, at the invitation of the leaders of South African law enforcement agencies.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Lieutenant General Le Quoc Hung hosted a meeting with Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment of South Africa Makhosto Magdeline Sotyu, on the afternoon of December 13, in Hanoi.
Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception on January 20 in Hanoi for Colonel Eugene Vincent Jeoffrey Dudley, South African Defence Attaché to Vietnam.
PSNews - The Vietnam CITES Management Authority in collaboration with the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources handed over 56 rhino horn DNA samples to the South African Embassy in Vietnam on June 1.
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.
President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa expressed a wish to fortify ties with Vietnam while receiving the credentials of newly-appointed Vietnamese Ambassador Hoang Van Loi on November 19.
PSNews - The Foreign Relations Department under the Ministry of Public Security held a ceremony on July 22 to present medical supplies for COVID-19 prevention to the Police Ministry and the State Security Ministry of South Africa.
South Africa considers Vietnam one of leading partners in Southeast Asia and continues exerting efforts to promote the bilateral ties to a new high in the coming time.
Vietnam won two champion cups, four gold and five silver medals at the recent 2019 International Mathematics Competition (IMC) in South Africa, entering top 5 of the competition.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on June 7 sent his congratulations to Cyril Ramaphosa on his election as the President of South Africa.
Vietnam and South Africa have agreed to work together to bolster comprehensive cooperation at the fourth Vietnam – South Africa inter-governmental partnership forum.
The relations between Vietnam and South Africa have developed in all fields since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1993, especially in politics, diplomacy, economy-trade, security-defence, science-technology, and education, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Vu Van Dung.
Vietnamese firms are displaying products at the 24th South African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX) opened on June 25 in Johannesburg city, South Africa.
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