Publish Date: 31 August 2020 - 10:24

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed congratulations to the Vietnamese people and government on the occasion of the country’s Independence Day, hoping for increased cooperation between the two countries.

In a message to Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong on Monday, Rouhani congratulated the National Day to him and the Vietnamese nation.

He expressed hope that Tehran-Hanoi ties would be further deepened and expanded regarding the great potentials that exist.

President Rouhani further wished his Vietnamese counterpart health and success and the people of the country prosperity and felicity.

Vietnam attained its independence on September 2, 1945, and since then Vietnamese people mark it as a national holiday across the country.

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