Similar messages from Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh were also sent to their respective Egyptian counterparts Sherif Ismail and Sameh Shoukri.

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. (Source: egyptianstreets.com)

Egypt was the first Arabian country to establish relationship with Vietnam. On September 1, 1963, the two nations announced official diplomatic relations.

Source: VNA