Vietnam and Mexico have vowed to further promote multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries in the time to come for the benefit of the two peoples.

The pledge was made by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and Mexican senior officials, including Undersecretary of Commerce and Trade Ignacio Navarro Zermano and Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee for the Asia-Pacific, Senator Teofilo Torres Corzo during the former’s visit to the Latin American country from April 15-17.

Anh suggested Mexico soon recognise Vietnam as a market economy and establish the Inter-Governmental Joint Committee to direct bilateral economic, trade and investment links.

He also recommended the signing of a framework agreement on trade and investment, thus providing all possible favourable conditions for the two countries’ enterprises.

The Mexican side agreed with Vietnam ’s above-mentioned proposals.

They underscored the importance of Vietnam , an emerging economy in the Asia-Pacific, to which the Mexican Government is striving to take a closer approach.

The host leaders also hailed Vietnam ’s great achievements in national construction, especially in poverty reduction in combination with social policies and environmental protection.

During the visit, Anh and his entourage toured historical and cultural sites, and visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico City before paying a working visit to Panama on April 17.-VNA