On October 29, at the Presidential Palace, President Luong Cuong received Permanent Vice President and Minister of Petroleum of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez Gomez on the occasion of her visit and work in Vietnam from October 28-30 at the invitation of Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the reception, President Luong Cuong affirmed that Vietnam always remembers the good solidarity and valuable support of the Venezuelan people in the struggle for national liberation and reunification in the past and in the process of building and developing the country today; emphasizing that Vietnam always attaches importance to developing relations with traditional friends in the Latin American region, including Venezuela.
The President hopes that the two sides will continue to deepen bilateral relations, especially in economics, trade and investment, for the benefit of the two peoples, while contributing to peace, cooperation and development in the two regions and the world.
Permanent Vice President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez expressed her pleasure to return to visit Vietnam and reported to President Luong Cuong on the results of her talks with Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan in the morning of the same day.
The Permanent Vice President conveyed President Nicolas Maduro's regards and congratulations to President Luong Cuong on the occasion of his election as President and thanked Vietnam for supporting and accompanying Venezuela in its development during recent economic and social difficulties.
The Vice President affirmed that Venezuela prioritizes developing relations with Vietnam in its overall foreign policy as well as in the Asian region.
President Luong Cuong and Venezuelan Permanent Vice President Delcy Rodriguez agreed to continue directing agencies and sectors of the two countries to develop specific and practical cooperation plans and programs in each field, especially agriculture, energy and telecommunications.
The two sides also agreed to continue discussing and seeking measures to remove obstacles and difficulties in bilateral cooperation through mechanisms such as the Political Consultation between the two Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnam-Venezuela Intergovernmental Committee, aiming to build a long-term sustainable development cooperation relationship between Vietnam and Venezuela in the coming time.
On the morning of October 29, at the Presidential Palace, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and Permanent Vice President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez held official talks.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two leaders agreed on a number of measures to further deepen the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries in the coming time in the fields of politics, diplomacy, trade, investment, agriculture, energy, culture and people-to-people exchange; concretize cooperation opportunities in potential fields such as telecommunications and construction. The two sides agreed to soon organize the 4th Vietnam - Venezuela Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee meeting and the 10th Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Political Consultation session; coordinate to review and promote negotiations on cooperation agreements, create a legal framework for multifaceted cooperation; maintain coordination and support each other at international organizations and multilateral forums.
During the visit, Permanent Vice President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez laid a wreath at President Ho Chi Minh's memorial site and visited Uncle Ho's stilt house, as well as a number of historical sites and cultural establishments in Hanoi; members of the Venezuelan high-ranking delegation also had working meetings with Vietnamese partners.
