Hanoi, May 3 -- Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 3 for a delegation from the Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), the ruling Party of Ivory Coast.

The delegation, led by Sahy Claude Soumahoro, member of the RHDP's Standing Committee and Deputy Secretary in charge of communication and external relations, is on the first visit to Vietnam on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

Trung congratulated Ivory Coast on its achievements in maintaining a peaceful and stable environment and becoming one of the world's fastest growing economies...