KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has assigned Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel to look after the daily administrative works of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli while he is on the foreign visit.

The President has assigned this responsibility to the DPM and Defence Minister Pokharel on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, the Office of the President stated in a communiqué.

Prime Minister Oli left here today on an official visit to Vietnam and Cambodia.