Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil Bui Van Nghi has affirmed that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is highly interested in advancing bilateral relations with Vietnam.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of the Chinese Party and State left Hanoi on December 13 afternoon, concluding their successful two-day state visit to Vietnam.

The upcoming State visit to Singapore by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is hoped to lift the bilateral relationship to a new height in the context of several new-generation free trade agreements to which both are members taking effective.

President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea has said he intends to further deepen friendship and trust with the Vietnamese leadership to lift the strategic cooperative partnership to a new height.

Bilateral relations between Vietnam and Egypt are expected to be elevated to a new height following Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Vietnam earlier this month, said a Vietnamese diplomat.