Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (R) welcomes PT General Secretary Alberto Gutierrez

The PT chief congratulated the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on the successful 12th National Party Congress and voiced the belief that the country will continue to make greater progress in its Doi moi (reform).

He briefed his host about the situation in Mexico and the left-wing movement in Latin America. He also informed General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong about the outcomes of the PT delegation’s working sessions with Vietnamese agencies and sectors, along with the results of the implementation of cooperation agreement between the PT and the CPV. 

The PT wants to enhance the solidarity, friendship and cooperation between the two parties and peoples, he added. 

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong acknowledged the PT and Mexican people’s solidarity with and assistance for Vietnam. 

Congratulating the PT on its recent successes, he said he believes that the party, together with left-wing and progressive forces in Mexico, will weather difficulties and continue to win at upcoming elections. 

He also informed Gutierrez about the recent situation in Vietnam, and expressed his hope that the two parties will foster extensive and substantive cooperation. 

Earlier, the PT delegation had talks with a CPV delegation led by Hoang Binh Quan, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations. 

The two sides discussed the situation of their respective parties and countries, along with regional and international matters of shared concern. They also looked into measures to strengthen party-to-party collaboration. 

During their stay in Vietnam, the PT guests had working sessions with the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communications and Education, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Ministry of Education and Training, and the National Hospital of Acupuncture. 

On September 6, the PT delegation visited the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), which is publishing several publications in Latin America with the support of the PT. 

VNA Director General Nguyen Duc Loi appreciated the PT’s assistance in training editors for the news agency, as well as in the publishing and distribution of VNA publications including the Vietnam Pictorial magazine. 

The PT leader said his party has issued many publications on Vietnam’s revolution, adding that he hopes the VNA will cooperate with the PT to build a centre to publish Vietnamese books in Spanish.

Vietnam, Mexico forge practical, effective cooperation

The Foreign Ministries of Vietnam and Mexico agreed to take measures to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two nations in an intensive, practical and effective manner.

During the fourth political consultation at deputy foreign ministerial level in Hanoi on September 7 jointly chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and his Mexican counterpart Carlos de Icaza, the two sides agreed to enhance delegation exchanges and contacts at high levels as well as between ministries, localities and enterprises. 

They updated each other on the situation in their respective countries and reviewed bilateral affiliation over recent time.

They highlighted the joint activities to mark the 40th founding anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Mexico in 2015. 

Bilateral trade reached 2.2 billion USD last year, a 10-fold increase from 2005, while ties in culture, education, health care also saw expansion. 

The two sides agreed that there is potential for cooperation in trade, agro-fishery, manufacturing and processing, energy – oil and gas, mining and biotechnology. 

They agreed to early set the Vietnam – Mexico Joint Committee on economic, trade and investment cooperation working under the agreement signed on February 4, 2016, and accelerate negotiations on a series of agreements including those on double taxation avoidance and customs cooperation. 

The two sides intended to work together to exploit benefits from multilateral economic mechanisms such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) to which they are members. 

The two sides also affirmed they will continue supporting each other at international organisations and multilateral forums, and shared the view on the settlement of disputes by peaceful measures on the basis of respecting international law, particularly the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982) without using force or threatening to use force. 

During the stay, the Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister had a working session with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh and attended a workshop on investment opportunities in Mexico.-

VNA