Ambassador presents credentials to Portuguese President

New Vietnamese Ambassador to Portugal residing in France Nguyen Thiep presented credentials to Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in the capital city of Lisbon on January 24, assuring the host that Vietnam wants to develop long-standing friendship and cooperation with the European country.

New Vietnamese Ambassador to Portugal Nguyen Thiep (L) presents credentials to Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (R) 
Thiep said as marine-based economies, Vietnam and Portugal held the first exchange more than 500 years ago and bilateral ties have grown since Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit in June 2015, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh’s visit in May 2017 and Vietnam’s visit by Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Teresa Ribeiro in November 2017. 

He wished to witness new developments of the two countries’ friendship within bilateral and multilateral framework, particularly facilitating high-level visits and promoting exchange between the two countries’ business community. 

The Portuguese President said he will visit Vietnam soon and expressed his belief that the visit will open up a new development period for bilateral ties. 

He wished that Ambassador Thiep would fulfil his assigned tasks and regularly visit and work in Portugal.
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