President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse are on a State visit to Egypt. The visit from August 25-29 is made at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse arrived in Luxor city on August 25 afternoon (local time), beginning his State visit to Egypt. This is the first visit to Egypt by a head of the State of Vietnam since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1963. The visit is to reaffirm commitments that both sides signed in 2017, and promote measures to boost bilateral cooperation in all aspects such as politics, economy-trade and investment, culture and education. Egypt is one of the first Arab countries to have relations with Vietnam.-VNA