The Vietnam visit by Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel from July 13-14 was given intensive coverage by Algeria’s daily Elmoudjahid.

Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel meets Prime Minister
Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi
on July 13. (Photo: VGP)
The newspaper reported on the meetings between the Minister and Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi, during which both sides discussed
measures to boost bilateral ties and other issues of shared concern.
Messahel also conveyed a message from
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to President Tran Dai Quang, which
emphasises the long-standing friendship and solidarity shared by Vietnam and Algeria since the struggle for
national independence.
The Algerian FM reiterated Algeria’s
commitment to lifting bilateral ties to match their political and historical
relations and underscored the importance of further tapping potentials of the
two nations, especially in tourism and energy, to bolster their sustainable and
mutually-beneficial partnership.
PM Phuc reaffirmed that Vietnam is ready to bolster all-around ties with
Algeria
for common benefits.
The newspaper also reported that during
their meeting, FM Messahel and Deputy PM Minh highlighted the need to make a
quality leap in bilateral economic and trade ties, especially via developing
joint activities and realising bilateral cooperation agreements.
While discussing regional and global
issues of shared concern, and issues regarding the fight against terrorism and
organised crimes, they agreed to continue maintaining mutual consultation at
global forums.
The daily also quoted the Algerian FM as
saying in an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency reporter in Algiers that his visit
aims to develop bilateral ties and strengthen the tradition of regular
consultation between the two countries.
The visit affords both sides a chance to
review their bilateral relations, especially in the fields of economy, trade
and investment, he said.
Messahel described the visit as
especially important to meeting the hope of both Presidents Abdelaziz
Bouteflika and Tran Dai Quang to lift bilateral ties to a greater height that
matches the aspirations of the two peoples.
According to the minister, while
bilateral political ties are excellent, there is much to do with the economic
cooperation, as two-way trade stood at just US$360 million in 2017, mostly Vietnam’s exports to Algeria. Only one Vietnamese
company - the oil and gas group PetroVietnam - is doing business in the African
country.
For this reason, he called for materialising
commitments at the 11th meeting of the Vietnam-Algeria Inter-Governmental
Meeting slated for November 2017, and creating more favourable conditions for
enhanced ties, particularly in trade and investment.
Source: NDO
The subcommittee for documents of the 18th Hoa Binh provincial Party Congress, the 2025 - 2030 term, convened on March 3 to review and incorporate public feedback on the congress’s draft documents. The meeting was chaired by Nguyen Phi Long, an alternate member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee. It was attended by senior provincial officials, including Bui Thi Minh, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council; Bui Duc Hinh, Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee; other members of the Standing Board of the provincial Party Committee; and members of the document subcommittee.
Muong Bi - Tan Lac, one of the four major Muong ethnic minority-inhabited regions in Hoa Binh, is known for not only its distinctive cultural identity but also its proud history of heroism, with great contributions to the victory against US invaders in the past. Today, Tan Lac district continues to uphold this legacy while embracing development and renewal.
March 3 marked the first official working day for specialised agencies under the provincial People's Committee following the merger or transfer of functions and tasks from the previous agencies. On this day, the newly merged departments and agencies took proactive steps to arrange personnel, organise workflows, and implement tasks efficiently, ensuring that administrative procedures were carried out smoothly without interruption.
Kim Boi district of Hoa Binh province has thoroughly implemented and adhered to Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on restructuring the organisational apparatus of the political system towards a streamlined, efficient, and effective direction, ensuring no disruption of work.
By mid-February, Da Bac district completed a plan to streamline its organisational apparatus and personnel work, marking a milestone in efforts to promote restructuring towards a leaner, more efficient organisational system, closely following directives from the Party Central Committee’s Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, and Conclusion No. 121-KL/TW, and Resolution No. 27-NQ/TU of the provincial Party Committee and Conclusion No. 1103-KL/TU by the provincial Party Organisation’s standing board.
Imbued with President Ho Chi Minh's teaching "The Party cell are the Party’s grassroots foundations. A strong Party cell ensures the effective implementation of the Party’s policies and continuous progress in all tasks," the Party Committee of Kim Boi commune, Kim Boi District, has rolled out the "four-good Party cell" model. The initiative has created a positive change, enhancing the leadership capacity and fighting spirit of Party organisations and their members.