DEBAT AND HOANG VAN LOI; VIETNAMESE DELEGATES; HOANG VAN LOI IN CAR; CAR DRIVES OFF.




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Background: NORTH VIETNAM'S VICE-MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HOANG VAN LOI, IS IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE FOR TALKS WITH THE PRESIDENT, MASSAMBA-DEBAT. HE WAS FORMALLY RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENT LAST SATURDAY AT THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN BRAZZAVILLE.

THE NORTH VIETNAMESE MINISTER ARRIVED IN BRAZZAVILLE LAST THURSDAY FROM TANZANIA. HE HAD ALREADY VISITED ALGERIA, MALI AND GUINEA.

HOANG VAN LOI AND PRESIDENT MASSAMBA DEBAT DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONFLICT IN VIETNAM AND MADE SPECIAL NOTE OF THE STRUGGLES OF THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE. DESPITE THE WAR IN VIETNAM, NORTH VIETNAMESE DOCTORS ARE GOING TO CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE TO WORK IN HOSPITALS.

WITH HOANG VAN LOI WAS THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR TO CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE, NGUYEN DUC TIENG.