Đinh Xuân Lưu

Dinh Xuan Luu is a Vietnamese ambassador[1] who served as the country's ambassador to Poland in the early 2000s. From 2009 he has been Vietnam's ambassador to Israel. He is married to Truong Phuong Hong.[2]

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Đinh Xuân Lưu
Vietnamese Ambassador to Israel
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
BornVietnam Vietnam
OccupationAmbassador

Ambassador to Israel

Luu served as the Ambassador to Israel of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He presented his credentials to Israeli President Shimon Peres as the first Vietnamese Ambassador to Israel on July 8, 2009.[1][3] Diplomatic relations had been established between the two countries in 1993.[3] The Vietnamese embassy in Israel, where he is based, is at 4 Weizman Street in Tel Aviv.[4]

In September 2011, he and Vietnamese Ministry of Defence Deputy Minister Truong Quang Khanh led a working delegation from the defense ministry in a visit to Israel.[5]

In September 2012, Luu said that friendship and cooperation between Israel and Vietnam had its roots in a meeting in 1946 between Democratic Republic of Vietnam Prime Minister and President Ho Chi Minh and David Ben-Gurion.[2] He also said that trade between the two countries had risen to $660 million in the first eight months of 2012.[2] He spoke of cooperation between the two countries in agriculture, water technologies, IT, telecommunication, education, and homeland security.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Promoting Vietnam's tourism in Israel". TalkVietnam. July 26, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  2. Silvia Golan and Bilha Calderon (September 3, 2012). "67th Anniversary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam". Diplomacy.co.il. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  3. "Vietnamese embassy to open in Israel 8-July-2009". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. July 8, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  4. "Vietnam Embassy in Israel - EMBASSY OF THE S. R. OF VIETNAM IN ISRAEL". Embassy of Vietnam in Israel. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  5. "Vietnamese defence delegation visits Israel". People’s Army Newspaper. September 16, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
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