Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc also sent a message of congratulations to Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani of Qatar.
On the same day, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh also extended congratulations to his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani.
* Also on December 17, Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan cabled a congratulatory message to Elzbieta Witek for being elected as the new Speaker of the Polish Sejm (the lower house of the parliament) and Tomasz Grodzki for being elected as Speaker of the upper house of Poland’s parliament.
*On the same day, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh congratulated Philippe Goffin on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence of Belgium.
