The 135th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh has been celebrated with ceremonies held by the Vietnamese embassies in Mozambique and Angola.

The ambassadors of Australia, the Dominican Republic, Algeria, and Angola came to present their credentials to the President of Vietnam on April 24.

At the signing ceremony on February 28, Vietnamese Ambassador to Angola Duong Chinh Chuc expressed his belief that the partnership would open new avenues for professional exchange between Vietnamese doctors in Angola and their Cuban counterparts at Meditex.

State President Luong Cuong on February 28 sent a message of congratulations to President of Angola João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço on his taking office as President of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) and Chairperson of the AU.

Phan Van Mai, Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, received Manuel Domingos Augusto, Politburo member and Secretary of the Central Committee of the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), on August 22.

Many foreign party and state leaders have extended their congratulations to President To Lam after he was elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee on August 3.

The Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association in Angola made its debut at a recent ceremony, approving its charter and introducing a nine-member executive board.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, paid a working visit to Angola from May 26-29.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu and Secretary of State of the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Domingos Vieira Lopes shared the view that there remains ample room for the two countries to bolster cooperation, during their talks in Hanoi on November 15.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Angola on October 10 warned Vietnamese citizens to avoid “easy work, high salary” scam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and the Republic of Congo.

Doctors at Hanoi's Bạch Mai Hospital have warned of the risk of malaria from Africa as the hospital's Centre for Tropical Diseases is treating two malaria patients who returned from Angola recently.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 11 sent a message of congratulations to President of Angola João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço on the country’s 46th National Day (November 11).

Nearly 350 Vietnamese citizens were flown home from Angola on December 12 on a Vietnam Airlines flight.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on November 23 held phone talks with Angola's Minister of External Relations Téte António to discuss cooperation between Vietnam and Angola, and their coordination at multilateral forums.

Vietnam confirmed 10 new imported COVID-19 cases from 6am-6pm on November 3, reported the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Three new cases of COVID-19 were detected on October 22 among citizens staying in quarantine after returning abroad, raising the total tally to 1,148, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Close to 330 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated home safe and sound from Angola on a flight of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on October 20.

More than 340 Vietnamese citizens were flown home from Angola on a flight of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on August 13.

A Vietnam Airlines flight has brought 309 Vietnamese citizens home from Angola thanks to joint efforts by Vietnamese and Canadian agencies.

The Hanoi People’s Court on June 1 sentenced Nguyen Van Pho to five years in prison for violating regulations on the protection of endangered, precious and rare animals.