Party-State leader congratulates new Malaysian King

VGP - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong has sent a congratulatory message to Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, who was sworn in as the 16th King of Malaysia on January 31.

February 01, 2019 1:10 PM GMT+7

Sultan Abdullah, the Sultan of Pahang, was elected king by the Conference of Rulers on January 24. He replaced Sultan Muhammad V, who resigned on January 6 after over two years on the throne.

Viet Nam and Malaysia established diplomatic relations in 1973 and lifted their ties to strategic partnership in 2015.