Vietnamese culture has dazzled thousands of visitors at the International Friendly Cultures Fair (FICA) which is taking place in Mexico City from May 31 to June 16.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Hoai Duong has highlighted the two countries’ relations over the past four decades, saying that bilateral friendship and cooperation are flourishing in all spheres.

A business cooperation forum was held in the western state of Jalisco, the second biggest economic centre of Mexico, on April 11 and 12 to foster its multifaceted relations with ASEAN countries, particularly in trade, investment, education and tourism.

Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Mexico’s official news agency Notimex have agreed to boost information exchanges within the framework of their cooperation agreement recently signed in Mexico City.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam attended an annual international workshop entitled “Political parties and a new society” held by the Labour Party of Mexico (PT) in Mexico City from April 4-6.

The Government and firms of Mexico see Vietnam as a potential market among members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Vietnam’s handicrafts such as Non la (conical hats), ao dai (traditional long dress), films and posters displayed at a festival in Mexico City have helped Mexican people get an insight into Vietnam’s culture and history.

A delegation from the northern province of Hai Duong visited Mexico from November 13-19 to study this Latin American market and exchange experience in urban management.

Students, lecturers, scholars and researchers have expressed their admiration for Vietnam’s glorious history and development achievements during a scientific seminar recently held at the Autonomous University of Guerrero in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

Mexico’s connection with Vietnam is an exemplary relationship of the American nation with a country in the Asia-Pacific region, a Mexican senator told Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hoai Duong on October 23.

Vietnam was among the 25 countries and international organisations that participated in the 18th International Meeting on Early and Preschool Education in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico from October 18 – 20.

A delegation of the Communist Review, a magazine of the Communist Party of Vietnam, paid a working trip to Mexico from October 9-13 to share press-related experiences.

Respect-paying and memorial ceremonies for former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Do Muoi, who passed away on October 1, have been organised at the Vietnamese Embassies across the world.

The National School of Languages, Linguistics and Translation under the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico held a Day of Vietnamese Language and Cuisine and screened films to introduce Vietnamese culture to lecturers and students on October 5.