Abbas sent a message to the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, calling for strengthening relations of friendship and appreciation between the two sides, the official Wafa news agency reported.

The President also thanked the Hanoi authorities for their historical support to the Palestinian people in their struggle to win their historical rights against the Israeli occupation.

The revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the country’s independence before hundreds of thousands of compatriots on September 2nd, 1945 after decades of French domination.

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