General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and State President To Lam on June 12 sent a message of congratulations to President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of Russia Day (June 12).

State President Luong Cuong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 17 sent congratulatory letters to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on the 80th anniversary of the country’s Independence Day (August 17, 1945).