Politburo member and standing member of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Secretariat Le Hong Anh, has stressed his
desire to strengthen friendship and cooperation between the Parties,
countries and peoples of Vietnam and Portugal.
Receiving General Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party Jeronimo
Carvalho de Sousa in Hanoi on March 4, Anh hailed Sousa’s visit as a
vivid manifestation of the traditional friendship and cooperation
between the two Parties and peoples.
Informing the
guest of the country’s renewal, socialism building and its diplomatic
policy of independence, self-mastery and openness, Anh affirmed that the
CPV treasures ties with fraternal and traditional friendly countries.
Sausa pledged to make every effort to promote close
relations and trustworthy links between the two Parties in the time to
come.
During his visit to Vietnam from March 1-4,
Sausa also held talks with head of the CPVCC’s Commission for External
Relations Hoang Binh Quan, during which, the two sides discussed
measures to bolster ties between the two Parties, thus contributing to
consolidating the friendship and cooperation between the two States and
peoples.
Working with leaders of the CPVCC’s Theory
Council, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the Ministry of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Portuguese side learnt about
the Vietnamese Party and State’s experience in socio-economic
development and Party building, and visited economic facilities in
Hanoi.-VNA