Hanoi (VNA) –Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on July 5 sent amessage of greetings to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros on the 209th anniversary ofVenezuela’s Independence Day (July 5, 1811).
Thesame day, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh extended greetings to Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge ArreazaMontserrat.
Vietnamand Venezuela set up diplomatic ties in December 1989. Since then, the twocountries have continuously consolidated their friendship and collaboration viagrowing contacts and all-level delegation exchanges./.
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