Leaders worldwide have sent messages to congratulate Tran Dai Quang on his election as the new President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang

They included Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Hungarian President Janos Ader, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Turkmenistan G. Berdimuhamedow, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, and President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez.

President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari and President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan were also on the list.

Greetings were also sent by UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Palestine President congratulates Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong

President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, who is also Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), has sent a congratulatory message to Nguyen Phu Trong on his re-election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

General Secretary of the 11th Party Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong was re-elected General Secretary of the 12th Party Central Committee at the first conference of the 12th Party Central Committee on January 27, 2016.

He has also received a congratulatory message sent by the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), among others.

More congratulations to newly-elected NA Chairwoman

Foreign parliamentary leaders continued to extend their congratulations to Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on her recent election as Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam.

In the congratulatory letters, Speaker of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko and Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia Sergey Evgenievich Naryshkin expressed their confidence that the new tenure of the National Assembly of Vietnam will continue its effective cooperation with Russia in various fields for the sake of the two nations.

Chairman of the Parliament of Mongolia Zandaakhuugiin Enkhbold along with President of the Thai National Legislative Assembly Pornpetch Wichitcholchai, and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman also sent their congratulations to the newly-elected NA Chairwoman.-

New Prime Minister congratulated by Russian, Belarusian counterparts

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated his counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the latter’s election as the leader of the Vietnamese Government.

In the congratulatory message, the Russian PM said the two countries’ relationship is built on the solid foundation of time-honoured amity and mutual trust.

It is developing dynamically in such spheres as economy – trade, energy, and science – technology. Many win-win cooperation projects are being carried out in an effective fashion, he noted.

He expressed his willingness to cooperate with the Vietnamese leader to consolidate the countries’ comprehensive strategic partnership.

Belarusian PM Andrei Kobyakov also offered congratulations to PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Nguyen Xuan Phuc was elected to the top leadership of the Vietnamese Government during the 11 th session of the 13 th National Assembly on April 7.

VNA