Cairo, Aug. 3 -- State President Luong Cuong, his spouse Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Cairo on August 3 afternoon, starting their state visit to Egypt at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his spouse.

President Cuong, his spouse and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation were welcomed at Cairo International Airport by Egyptian Minister of Education and Technical Education Mohamed Abdel Latif; Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt Nguyen Huy Dung and his wife; the Vietnamese Ambassadors to Algeria, Morocco, Mozambique, South Africa, Nigeria and Tanzania; and officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt.

President Cuong's visit is taking place in the context of positive de...