Sri Lankan Prime Minister to visit Vietnam

April 12, 2017 - 08:22 AM

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his wife will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 16-19.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his wife

The visit will be made at the invitation of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Vietnam and Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations in 1970.

The Sri Lankan Embassy was opened in Hanoi in 2003, while Vietnam reopened its embassy in Colombo in 2011.

Source: VNA

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Sri Lankan Prime Minister to visit Vietnam

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his wife will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 16-19.

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Five boats catch fire in Nghe An fishing port

Phu Tho woman charged over nearly 400 counterfeit luxury goods

Two South Koreans charged over fatal brawl in Ho Chi Minh City

Repeated cable thefts hit Bien Hoa-Vung Tau Expressway

Hanoi police deploy drones to detect traffic violations

Dong Nai clears 2.67 hectares of forest for Ma Da Bridge

Nha Trang replaces 2 kilometres of ageing beachfront railings

Central Vietnam heatwave forecast to last until next week

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