50 years of Vietnam–Angola diplomatic relations: Partnership for cooperation and development

Angola was among the first African countries to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam after gaining independence on November 12, 1975. Over the past 50 years, the two countries have sustained traditional friendship and robust cooperation across multiple channels, including party, government, parliamentary, and people-to-people exchanges.

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Chairman of the State Council Truong Chinh (R) receives Angola’s Minister of External Trade Ismael Gaspar Martins during his visit to Vietnam (June 21, 1984). (Photo: VNA)
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Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vo Nguyen Giap (R) receives the Angolan government’s economic delegation led by Minister of Agriculture Fernando Faustino Muteka for the third meeting of the Vietnam–Angola intergovernmental committee (Hanoi, May 3, 1989). (Photo: VNA)
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Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh (R) receives Angola’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs João Bernardo de Miranda during his visit to Vietnam (Hanoi, June 28, 1995). (Photo: VNA)
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Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos and Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong review the guard of honour in Luanda during the latter’s official visit to Angola (October 25-26, 2002). (Photo: VNA)
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General Secretary Nong Duc Manh presents 50 computer sets from the Communist Party of Vietnam to the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) (Luanda, April 2008). (Photo: VNA)
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Exchange of cooperation documents at the Vietnam-Angola Business Forum themed “New partnership for development” (Hanoi, February 16, 2012). (Photo: VNA)
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Angola Do Ba Khoa presents 25 tonnes of rice worth over 25,000 USD donated by the Vietnamese community, to support 2,500 Angolan refugee families returning home ahead of Christmas and New Year 2015. (Photo: VNA)
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On the occasion of attending the Asian–African Conference in Jakarta (Indonesia), Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) meets Angolan Vice President Manvel Domingos Vicente (April 22, 2015). (Photo: VNA)
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Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang (R) receives Angola’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti during his official visit to Vietnam (April 25, 2017). (Photo: VNA)
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Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man meets Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola Carolina Cerqueira on the sidelines of the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (Bahrain, March 13, 2023). (Photo: VNA)
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Party General Secretary To Lam (R) receives Jorge Inocenio Dombolo, Politburo member of the MPLA, attending Vietnam’s 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (Ho Chi Minh City, April 29, 2025). (Photo: VNA)
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Vietnamese President Luong Cuong (L) holds talks with Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço during his State visit to the Republic of Angola (August 7, 2025). (Photo: VNA)
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Vietnam’s main exports to Angola include garments and textiles, machinery and equipment, tools and spare parts, tobacco, confectionery, and rice. In the photo: Rice export in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho. (Photo: VNA)