Hanoi (VNA) – A delegation of the Labour Party (PT) of Mexico led byNational Coordinator Alberto Anaya is on a working visit to Vietnam from August25 – 30 at the invitation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) CentralCommittee.

On August 29 in Hanoi, Politburo member andpermanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong receivedPT National Coordinator Alberto Anaya.

During the meeting, Vuong expressed his beliefthat the visit of the PT delegation will contribute to deepening solidarity,friendship and cooperation between the two Parties and states, and hoped that cooperationbetween the two Parties will bestrengthened and developed in the coming time.

He highly appreciated support from the PT and Anayafor the Party and people of Vietnam over the past time, and thanked the PT andAnaya in helping Vietnam to print and publish books and documents on PresidentHo Chi Minh and Vietnam, as well as the country’s doi moi (renewal) achievementsand sovereignty over Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos, thus improving theCPV’s communication work in Mexico and Latin America.

Anaya, for his part, affirmed that achievements that Vietnam has achieved overthe past 30 years in the fields of socio-economic development, science andtechnology, social security, and poverty reduction have continued to be anencouragement, contributing to strengthening trust in socialism for left-wing and progressive forces in Mexico, Latin Americaand the world.

He said the PT wants to further expand solidarity and traditional cooperationbetween the two Parties.

On the occasion, they signed an agreement on cooperation between two Partiesfor the 2019-2024 period.

Earlier, Alberto Anaya and Secretary of theParty Central Committee and chief of its office Nguyen Van Nen held talks,during which the two sides briefed each other on situation of each Party and nation,compared notes on international issues of shared concern, and discussedmeasures to further promote and expand relations between the two Parties in thecoming time.

During his visit to Vietnam, Anaya met with Vice Chairwoman of theNational Assembly Tong Thi Phong and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran ThanhMan.

Also on August 29 morning, member of the Party Central Committee and DirectorGeneral of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Nguyen Duc Loi received the PTdelegation.

The VNA Director General thanked the PT for its valuable support to Vietnam'snational liberation in the past and the development of the VNA.

He said as a government news agency, the VNA received assistance from the PT inprinting and publishing its publications, including the Vietnam Pictorialmagazine, in Latin America.

The guest highlighted the increasing important position of the VNA, saying thatthe agency contributes to popularising policies and action programmes of the Party,State and Government of Vietnam. He affirmed that the PT will continue to help VNAin printing and publishing information products in Mexico and LatinAmerica.-VNA