President hails Nigerian Ambassador’s tenure in Vietnam
President Vo Van Thuong commended outgoing Nigerian Ambassador Hassan Adamu Mamani for his successful tenure in Vietnam, which he said, contributed to promoting bilateral ties, at a reception for the diplomat in Hanoi on October 13.
President Vo Van Thuong (R) receives outgoing Nigerian Ambassador Hassan Adamu Mamani. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)𓄧 – President Vo Van Thuong commended outgoing Nigerian Ambassador Hassan Adamu Mamani for his successful tenure in Vietnam,which he said, contributed to promoting bilateral ties, at a reception for the diplomat inHanoi on October 13.
President Thuong spoke highly of the results of the Nigeria-Vietnamcooperation over the past years, especially in socio-economic development. Expressing his delight at Nigeria’s socio-economic achievements, hecongratulated the African country on the successful organisation of the recentelection. He believed that with this result, the Nigerian people will continue reapinggreater and more comprehensive achievements in the future. Vietnam pursues a foreign policyof independence and self-reliance for peace, friendship, cooperation anddevelopment, multilateralisation and diversification of external ties; being afriend, a trustworthy partner, an active and responsible member of the internationalcommunity, he said, adding that Vietnam wishes to further develop its ties withNigeria in all fields. He suggested both sides facilitate theexchange of delegations at all levels, further step up collaboration between ministries, agencies andlocalities while maintaining conversations and cooperation in global and regional issues. The President wished that in any future position,the ambassador would always bear in mind Vietnam and its people, and work to enhance cooperation between the two nations. Mamani, for his part, thanked the Vietnamese authorities forsupporting the embassy’s activities over the past years. The ambassador said Nigeria and Vietnam share economic and tradesimilarities, and hold potential to boost agricultural cooperation. The twocountries have also been working together on multilateral issues at the United Nations. He expressed his belief that Nigeria willcontinue partnering with Vietnam to further improve the effectiveness ofbilateral cooperation./.
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President Vo Van Thuong (R) receives outgoing Nigerian Ambassador Hassan Adamu Mamani. (Photo: VNA) 
