The tournament offers not only a sport playground but also an opportunity to honour the values of martial arts, friendship and international cooperation.

The International Martial Arts Tournament welcomed participants from 11 African countries that are part of the African Vovinam – Viet Vo Dao Confederation, alongside representatives from several European nations and Vietnam.

Senegal is considered as a potential market for Vietnamese agricultural products, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Despite being one of the primary supply sources for Senegal – a country with one of the highest per capita rice consumption rates in West Africa, Vietnam's rice exports to this nation remain modest.

Senegalese President Macky Sall affirmed that the African country is ready to cooperate with other countries in general and Vietnam in particular in responding to global challenges such as health crisis, climate change, regional conflicts, geopolitical tensions, and terrorism.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 13 sent his condolences to Senegalese President Macky Sall over a recent bus crash in Senegal’s Kaffrine region, one of the deadliest accidents in the West African nation in recent years.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted receptions in Hanoi on June 13 for the ambassadors of Croatia and Senegal as they presented their credentials.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 10 sent a letter of congratulations to his Senegalese counterpart Macky Sall on the occasion of Senegal’s holding of the rotating Chairmanship of the African Union (AU) in 2022.

A consultation session about agricultural and seafood exports to Algeria and Senegal was held on August 11, with the participation of over 100 Vietnamese firms.

More than 200 businesses from Algeria, Senegal and Vietnam operating in various sectors joined an online trade exchange among the three countries on April 5 and 6.

Over 100 representatives of organisations and enterprises from Vietnam, Algeria and Senegal are expected to attend a virtual matchmaking seminar on farm produce among the three countries next month.

Vietnam and Senegal will complete the necessary legal steps to ink a number of agreements to boost bilateral trade and investment.

A trade promotion programme was held in Senegal by the Trade Office of the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria and Senegal from December 2-8 to boost trade relations between the two nations.

Health experts from 54 countries and international organisations gathered at a conference in the central coastal city of Da Nang on August 29 to strengthen cooperation and share approaches to prevent animal-to-human transmission diseases, including bird flu, Ebola and rabies.

Bilateral trade between Malaysia and Africa has been growing at a gradual pace and is expected to climb 4-5 percent this year.