A Vietnamese press delegation is on a visit to Chongqing Municipality, China, from October 28 to November 2.

The delegation had a meeting with Zhou Bo, deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, who asked media of Vietnam and Chongqing to introduce readers to more information on Vietnam and Chongqing, helping the two countries’ people better understand each other, increasing exchanges, especially tourism and investment.

During the tour, the delegation was also briefed on socio-economic aspects of Chongqing and visited several socio-economic establishments and the Chongqing press group, the Chongqing broadcasting group and the Chongqing Publishing House.

At meetings, the two sides emphasised the important role communications in helping the two countries’ people understand more about each other, thus expanding cooperation and promoting investment, tourism, cultural and people-to-people exchanges. It also contributes to strengthening multi-faceted cooperation between Chongqing and Vietnamese localities.

The delegation includes representatives from media and news agencies such as Nhan Dan (People) newspaper, Quan doi Nhan Dan (People’s Army) newspaper, Vietnam Television (VTV), The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and Vietnam News Agency (VNA).-VNA