Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamconsiders Mozambique a loyal friend and priority partner in Africa, PresidentTran Dai Quang told outgoing Mozambican Ambassador to Vietnam Gamiliel Sepul VedaJoao Munguambe during a reception in Hanoi on February 23.

The Vietnamese leader laudedthe ambassador’s contributions to bilateral ties during his tenure, saying thatboth sides exchanged more than 30 delegations at all levels and carried out anumber of successful projects such as Viettel’s telecom joint-venture inMozambique and a 2 million USD project on joint research on food crops.

He wished that the twocountries would effectively build on the past achievements to extend ties to farmproduce processing, transport, mining and education.

The host expressed his desirethat the ambassador, with his wealth of diplomatic experience and knowledgeabout Vietnam, would continue introducing business opportunities in Vietnam,thus contributing to boosting ties between Vietnam and African countries ingeneral and with Mozambique in particular.

He affirmed that Vietnameseministries, agencies and localities will continue assisting the Mozambicanembassy in promoting bilateral ties and creating favourable conditions for thenew ambassador to fulfill assigned tasks.

Munguambe, for his part,expressed his honour to be the first Mozambican Ambassador when the Africancountry opened the embassy in Vietnam in 2012.

He noted that potentials of the two nations remainhuge and there are many opportunities to further raise two-way trade.-VNA