What we’re tracking this week and beyond
As many as 16 of the nation’s 27 governors will be replaced in a shuffle expected to take place this week, unnamed sources tell Egypt Today. The announcement of the shuffle has been postponed multiple times since since June.
We love Vietnam, part I: Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang will be in town tomorrow as part of a visit to the region that will also take him to Ethiopia. On the schedule: A meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi as well as Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Parliament speaker Ali Abdel Aal, according to the Voice of Vietnam. The Vietnamese leader is due in Addis Ababa later this week.
We love Vietnam, part II: Vietnam’s Planning and Investment Minister Nguyen Chi Dung is visiting Egypt within the week to discuss opportunities in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, according to Al Masry Al Youm.
El Sisi in China next month: The president is expected to visit Beijing next month, at which time he will sign cooperation agreements in the energy, education, transport, and housing sectors, according to a Cabinet statement.
The House of Representatives is in recess until October.