
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and Venezuela need to strengthen people-to-people exchangeand further tighten traditional friendship and solidarity between the twocountries in the coming time, said Presidentof the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga.
During a meeting with visiting First Vice President of the United SocialistParty of Venezuela (PSUV) Diosdado Cabello in Hanoi onSeptember 30, Nga appreciated Venezuelan people’ssupport for Vietnamese people during the struggle for national independence inthe past and in national construction and development at present.
She said that the two sides should enhance international solidarity.
For his part, Cabello said he hopes for more opportunities to strengthencooperation between the two peoples in the future.
He affirmed that he will do his best to further promote cooperation between thetwo Parties, States and people through the exchange of high-ranking delegationsand people-to-people diplomatic activities.
Vietnam and Venezuela established diplomatic relations on December 18, 1989,which was upgraded to a comprehensive partnership in 2007./.