Ho Chi Minh City leader visits Mexico to boost ties
Mexico City (VNA) – Vice Secretary of
the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai has expressed wish to boost
ties between Mexico and Vietnam, and between Mexico and Ho Chi Minh City in
particular, stressing that the city always welcomes Mexican delegations and offers
all possible support for Mexican enterprises.
Meeting Politburo member of the Mexican Labour Party (PT) and Chairman of the Mexican
Chamber of Deputies’ Committee on Foreign Affairs Alfredo Femat Bañuelos during his ongoing working trip to the
Latin American country from March 22-27, Hai said the Party organisation of HCM City wishes to contribute to maintaining and bolstering fine
relationship between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the PT.
He believed that following the visit, both sides will
continue holding programmes and events to promote cultural and tourism exchange
between Ho Chi Minh City and Mexico.
Bañuelos, for his
part, said Mexico desires to step
up cooperation programmes between the two Parties in general and with Ho Chi
Minh City in particular, especially in acupuncture and personnel training.
He said such
programmes not only popularise
Vietnam's images in Mexico and Latin America but also enhance the PT’s
reputation domestically and regionally.
The host vowed to
continue expanding the scope of cooperation to other important areas such as
economy and investment in the near future.
During a working
session with Secretary of Economic Development of Mexico City Fadlala Akabani
Hneide, Hai proposed that the two cities offer all possible support to their firms in accessing each other's markets and tapping incentives from the Comprehensive and
Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to which both
countries are members.
Wishing to intensify
ties with Ho Chi Minh City, Hneide suggested both sides discuss support
policies for small and medium-sized enterprises and learn from each other’s experience
in issues like workforce training.
In another
working session with Director of the Foreign
Affairs Division under the Mexican Department of Culture Ariana Aymerich
Ordónez, Hai informed that HCM City has partnered with the Mexican Embassy in Vietnam to hold
cultural exchange events, notably the "Exploring Mexico" exhibition
by famous Mexican painter Diego Rodarte in early March and the display of Olmec
colossal heads in the city's Museum of Fine Arts.
He asked the Mexican Department of Culture to create conditions for Ho Chi Minh City
to launch cultural exchange activities in Mexico.
Ordónez also suggested
both sides continue working closely together to enhance bilateral cultural
exchanges.
Earlier, the
Vietnamese delegation paid a working trip to Guadalajara city, the capital of Jalisto
state, during which they held working sessions with local leaders and
businesses./.