Comrade Tran Duc Thang works with representatives of the African National Congress (ANC)

On June 17, at the headquarters of the African National Congress, comrade Tran Duc Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee, had a working session with comrades: Alvin Botes, member of the ANC Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa; Febe Potgieter, member of the Party Central Committee, Head of the ANC Party Policy and Research Committee; comrade Khusela Diko, member of the ANC Party Central Committee, former South African Ambassador to the United Nations.

Also attending the meeting were comrade Hoang Sy Cuong, Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa and comrades in the working delegation of Hai Duong province.

Comrade Alvin Botes, member of the Central Committee of the ANC Party, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa, welcomed and thanked Comrade Tran Duc Thang for visiting and exchanging information with the ANC Party, and congratulated the achievements of the Communist Party of Vietnam in recent years, especially the achievements in socio-economic development and improving people's lives. The comrades of the Central Committee of the ANC Party at the meeting also shared information on Party building work, the policies and leadership of the ANC Party for socio-economic development of South Africa. The close and close comradely relationship between the ANC Party and the Communist Party of Vietnam, the effective cooperation programs between the two parties and the two states in recent years. In addition, the comrades of the Central Committee of the ANC Party attending the meeting also frankly pointed out the limitations in the process of leading the socio-economic development of South Africa.

Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Tran Duc Thang thanked the ANC leaders for arranging time to work with the delegation at a time when South Africa had just held elections and had many tasks to promptly implement; highly appreciated the achievements of the ANC in recent years. Comrade Tran Duc Thang shared information about Party building work, Vietnam's socio-economic development results, major policies and orientations in Party building work, and leadership of socio-economic development of the Communist Party of Vietnam...

At the meeting, the two sides agreed to report to the leaders of the two Parties and two States on the implementation of the agreed foreign affairs and cooperation programs as soon as possible.

The African National Congress was founded in 1912, bringing together many ethnicities, religions, and intellectuals to fight against apartheid in South Africa. The ANC has been the ruling party since 1994, electing Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa. Currently, President C. Ramaphosa holds the position of President of the ANC. Since the end of apartheid and the organization of the first multi-racial democratic general election (1994), the ANC has continuously won elections and led the country to this day.

South Africa is the second largest economy in Africa. The main economic sectors include mining, transportation, tourism, agriculture, etc. South Africa produces about 4 million tons of chromium per year (accounting for 60% of chromium transactions on the world market), is the world's leading gold exporter, second in the world in platinum production, and fourth in the world in wine production. South Africa's export products in 2023 include minerals (accounting for 24.1% of total exports), base metals and base metal products (9.3%), vehicles and aircraft (9.2%), machinery (6.8%), chemicals (6.2%), and vegetables (5.2%). China has surpassed the US to become South Africa's largest trading partner with bilateral trade turnover in 2021 reaching about 254 billion USD, an increase of 35% compared to 2020. In terms of investment, South Africa is one of the leading countries in attracting foreign investment in Africa, mainly from major countries such as the US, UK, France, Germany, and Japan.