The Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Vo Thi Anh Xuan, is paying an official visit to Nepal from August 23 to 25 at the invitation of her Nepali counterpart Ramsahay Prasad Yadav, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.

During the visit, the two vice-presidents will lead their respective delegations at the Nepal-Viet Nam bilateral meeting to be held in Kathmandu on August 24.

Xuan will also hold courtesy meetings with senior officials and dignitaries of Nepal, the ministry said in a press release.

The visit, the first-ever highest-level engagement from Viet Nam to Nepal, coincides with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Viet Nam.

Xuan is scheduled to depart Kathmandu for Hanoi on August 25.