Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc attended and acted as a keynote speaker at a discussion session on restructuring the economic system for a sustainable future, and held bilateral meetings with foreign leaders on October 8 as part of his attendance at the first Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) in Germany.

State President Vo Van Thuong on February 6 sent his condolences to Acting President of Republic of Namibia Nangolo Mbumba over the death of President Hage Gottfried Geingob.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu held online talks with Namibian Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Jenelly Matundu on October 24, affirming that Vietnam always attaches importance to the friendship and cooperation with Namibia.

The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa presented 100,000 face masks to the representative missions of Namibia and Botswana in Pretoria on August 13 to help people in the latter countries cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Hong Nam have working sessions with representatives from many ministries of Namibia to discuss possibility of fostering economic and trade cooperation between the two nations in the future.

Vietnam always treasures its traditional friendship and cooperation with African nations, including Namibia, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Namibia Vu Van Dung.