Buhari bids farewell to outgoing Vietnamese envoy

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, in Abuja, bade farewell to the outgoing Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Nigeria, Luong Thinh.

“We have virtually lived together. Congratulations on a successful term. Best wishes in your next assignment,” Buhari told Thinh at the State House, Abuja, after concluding his three-year tour of duty.

The meeting comes four months after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s four-day visit to Vietnam to discuss frontiers of collaboration in agriculture and technology.

According to a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari thanked the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for its support in the areas of security and economic development, expressing the wish that bilateral relations between the two countries would continue to grow.

On his part, Ambassador Thinh congratulated the Nigerian President on successful 2023 general election, and the victory of the governing All Progressives Congress in the presidential, National Assembly, governorship and state Assembly polls.

“He canvassed a mutual relationship between the Communist Party of Vietnam, and the APC,” Adesina revealed.

Lauding Buhari for Nigeria’s handling of the global health challenge and the economic recovery plan, Thinh lamented that the COVID-19 pandemic affected a good part of his stay in the country.

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