Precious replica of President Ho statue given by Mexican Labour

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong spoke highly of the solidarity and friendship that the Mexican Labour Party had reserved for the Party, late President Ho Chi Minh and people of Viet Nam during a meeting with Secretary General of the Mexican party Alberto Anaya Gutierrez in Ha Noi yesterday, June 15.

Trong said he also highly valued the precious and meaningful gift that the Mexican Labour Party had offered Viet Nam, a bronze statue of the late President Ho Chi Minh working in the flower garden at the Presidential Palace.

The Mexican Labour Party handed over the life-size statue of President Ho Chi Minh to Viet Nam yesterday on the occasion of 121 years since the birth of Ho Chi Minh and the 100th anniversary of the day he went abroad to find a way to win freedom for the Vietnamese.

Trong told the guest that Viet Nam was determined to speed up further practical and effective co-operation and friendship relations between the two Parties and peoples.

Alberto informed Trong about the results of the working meeting with a Vietnamese Party delegation and the inauguration ceremony of President Ho Chi Minh's statue.

He said the Mexican Labour Party also wanted to expand solidarity, friendship and bilateral co-operation with the Communist Party of Viet Nam.

Earlier, Alberto held talks with Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat.

The two sides informed each other of the situations in their respective countries, exchanged views on international issues of common concern and discussed measures to speed up and expand friendship relations and co-operation between two Parties and countries.

The Mexican Labour Party delegation was also received by head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan, and held working meetings with the Party Central Committee's Commission on Popularisation and Education and the Vietnam News Agency on the same day.

Uncle Ho statue

Sang and Alberto cut the ribbon to officially unveil the statue of President Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace yesterday.

The statue was created by Mexican sculptor Pedro Ramirez Ponzanell, who also sculpted the life-size statue of President Ho Chi Minh that was unveiled at the History Centre of Mexico City in 2009.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Alberto said the statue was a small gift but it manifested the affection of Mexican Labour Party members for the beloved Vietnamese President, a hero of national liberation and an international soldier who made great contributions to communist and labour movements.

Culture, Sports and Tourism Deputy Minister Le Khanh Hai thanked the Mexican Labour Party for the great present and called it an important event that would contribute to develop co-operation and friendship relations as well as comprehensive partnership between the two countries.

S Korea urged to speed up trade co-operation

Potential to boost co-operation between Viet Nam and South Korea was huge and the two sides needed to speed up co-operation in trade, economy, investment, labour, education, national defence and security, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told newly accredited South Korean Ambassador to Viet Nam Ha Chan Ho yesterday, June 15.

Dung welcomed the ambassador to begin his term in Viet Nam at a time when the two countries were bolstering co-operation and becoming strategic partners.

He asked the ambassador to actively promote bilateral co-operation activities, particularly in raising two-way trade turnover from last year's figure of US$13 billion.

Dung said the ambassador should work on strengthening the investment activities of South Korean enterprises in Viet Nam.

South Korea is the third largest investor in Viet Nam and most South Korean projects have had effective production results.

Through the ambassador, the Prime Minister also requested the South Korean Government to maintain and strengthen ODA grants to Viet Nam.

The two sides needed to speed up the implementation of agreements in the areas that the two Governments had agreed on, comprising of nuclear power, high-tech zones and human training, he said.

The Prime Minister also put forward a proposal of choosing Can Tho City as a centre of the Cuu Long (Mekong) delta region where a high-tech zone and a Korean university should be built.

Ambassador Ha Chan Ho said the development of the Viet Nam-South Korea strategic partnership was fruitful and effective. He said the South Korean Government would surely maintain and even probably raise ODA grants to Viet Nam.

Vietnam, Singapore boost defence cooperation

Deputy Defence Minister Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh received the visiting Head of the Policy Department of the Singaporean Defence Ministry, Gabriel Lim, in Hanoi on June 15.

The Deputy Defence Minister said he was delighted at military and defence relations between the Vietnamese and Singaporean armies and described the current Vietnam visit by Gabriel Lim as the two nations and armies’ determination to boost friendship and mutual understanding.

Gabriel Lim provided a briefing on the results of the Singapore-Vietnam joint working group meeting and expressed his wish that relations between the armies of Singapore and Vietnam would continue to develop in the common strategic interests of the two countries.

Vietnam, Cambodia enhance the role of female deputies

Vietnam and Cambodia have paid due attention to strengthening the role and position of women in society, including the role of female deputies in legislative agencies at all levels.

These remarks were made at a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on June 15 by Truong Thi Anh, Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council and National Assembly deputy, and Ty Borasy, Cambodian Senator and Head of the Committee for External Relations, International Cooperation and Communication and Information.

Senator Ty Borasy said her current visit to Vietnam aims to contribute to strengthening cooperation between the two countries’ legislative agencies and to learn about the capacity, experience and role of Vietnamese female deputies, especially those at grassroots level. 

She highly valued the achievements of Vietnam and HCM City in particular, highlighting Vietnamese women’s important role in the country’s achievements, especially in political and socio-economic areas.

The Vice Chairwoman of the HCM City People’s Council affirmed the Vietnamese Party and State’s views and guidelines on raising the role and position of women in society, including women holding high positions and taking part in legislative agencies.

HCM City saw recent increases in terms of the proportion of women in Party committees and the number of female deputies to the National Assembly and the People’s Council, Anh said.

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