President Shimon Peres on Monday evening is scheduled to travel on the first, historic, visit by an Israeli President to Vietnam, at the invitation of Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.  President Peres will lead a 60-member security and industrial delegation, including representative of leading Israeli infrastructures, communications, finance, high-tech, water technology and agriculture firms.  Science & Technology Minister Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Orit Noked and Manufacturers Association President Shraga Brosh will accompany the visit.

The visit will spanning November 21st-27th marks the first state visit by a senior Israeli official since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1993, and will take place with full ceremony.

President Peres will meet with senior Vietnamese officials, including President Truong Tan San, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and National Defence Minister Gen. Phung Quang Tranh.  Among the bilateral agreements due to be signed are a financial protocol, a shipping agreement and an agreement between the two countries’ chambers of commerce.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)