Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính hosted Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló on Saturday in Hà Nội. VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his spouse left Hà Nội on Sunday afternoon, successfully concluding their four-day official visit to Việt Nam at the invitation of Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm and his spouse.

While in Việt Nam, President Embaló attended an official welcome ceremony and held talks with Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm. The two leaders witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on establishing a political and diplomatic consultation mechanism between the two countries’ foreign ministries, and an MoU on agricultural cooperation between the two ministries of agriculture and rural development. The top Vietnamese leader and his spouse also hosted a banquet in honour of their Guinea-Bissau guests.

The Guinea-Bissau President also met with Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn, who expressed their confidence that the visit, the first delegation exchange at the head of state level between the two countries since they established diplomatic ties in 1973, would create new momentum for the two countries’ traditional friendship and cooperation, building on recent bilateral delegation exchanges, joint work, and mutual support.

President Embaló expressed his admiration for Việt Nam’s revolutionary cause and national construction efforts, noting that a secondary school in Guinea-Bissau has been named after late President Hồ Chí Minh.

He affirmed that Việt Nam is considered as a model for developing countries in Africa, including Guinea-Bissau.

The Vietnamese and Guinea-Bissau leaders updated each other on their respective countries' situation and expressed their satisfaction with the positive outcomes in bilateral relations, especially as the two sides celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations last year. They also discussed ways to further step up cooperation in the time to come.

As part of his visit, the Guinea-Bissau President visited the Field Crops Research Institute (FCRI) under the Việt Nam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS), in the northern province of Hải Dương and participated in other activities. —VNS