A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), led by Nguyen Trong Nghia, a Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, paid a working visit to Argentina from August 21 to 24, aiming to strengthen political trust and create a foundation to continue promoting cooperation between the two countries.
Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia holds talks with Acting General Secretary of the Communist Party of Argentina Jorge Kreyness. (Photo: VNA)
Buenos Aires (VNA)𒐪 – A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), led by Nguyen Trong Nghia, a Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, paid a working visit to Argentina from August 21 to 24, aiming to strengthen political trust and create a foundation to continue promoting cooperation between the two countries.
During the visit, Nghia, who is also the head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, held talks with Acting General Secretary of the Communist Party of Argentina Jorge Kreyness, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Uruguay Juan Castillo, and head of the international relations department of the Justicialist Party Jorge Taiana.
Secretary General of the Communist Party of Uruguay Juan Castillo gives Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia an edition of El Polular newspaper with an article about President Ho Chi Minh's visit to Montevideo in 1920. (Photo: VNA)
He also met with Vice Chairwoman of the Education Committee of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies Blanca Inés Osuna, Chairwoman of the Argentina-Vietnam Culture Institute (ICAV) Poldi Sosa, representatives of the Argentina-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Group, and leaders of Buenos Aires province.
During the meetings, Nghia expressed his thanks for the solidarity, friendship and support of Latin American people, especially those of Argentina and Uruguay, in the past struggle for liberation and national reunification, as well as national building and safeguarding at present.
He highlighted achievements Vietnam has obtained after nearly 40 years of implementing the doi moi (renewal), affirming that the country continues to implement its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation and development, diversification and multilateralisation of international relations, and attaches importance to developing traditional friendly and cooperative relations with neighbouring countries, major countries and traditional countries, including Latin American nations.
Leaders of political parties and organisations from Argentina and Uruguay congratulated Vietnam on the success that the country has reaped in the renewal process, as well as in the implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, especially in socio-economic development.
While in Argentina, the delegation attended a conference on President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam-Latin America relations, laid a wreath at the monument dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh in Buenos Aires, and visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina./.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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Under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh and the CPV, President Cuong said, the press has been a steadfast force on the ideological and cultural front, rallying the masses to pursue national aspirations.
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