Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held separate phone talks with Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs Ahmed Attaf and Namibian Minister of International Relations and Trade Selma Ashipala-Musavyi on May 26 to discuss measures to strengthen Viet Nam's cooperation with the African countries.

When it comes to a strategic relationship, the foremost core element is trust, which lays groundwork for concrete business opportunities across multiple sectors like trade, agriculture, health care, technology, sustainable energy, and education – training, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Tran Quoc Khanh.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Algerian counterpart Sifi Ghrieb attended the Viet Nam – Algeria economic forum in Algiers on November 19 afternoon (local time), seeking to secure a productive and sustainable economic partnership between the two countries.