A delegation from the National Assembly’s Council for Ethnic Affairs
led by its Vice President Danh Ut is on a working visit to Mexico from
September 26 – October 1 to exchange experience in the building,
issuance and implementation of policies towards ethnic groups.
During his stay in the Latin American country, Ut met with Senator
Teofilo Torres Corzo, Chairman of the Mexican Senate’s Foreign Affairs
Committee for Asia Pacific; Senator Eviel Perez Magana, Chairman of the
Mexican Senate’s Committee for Indigenous Affairs; Eufrosina Cruz
Mendoza, Chairman of the Committee for Indigenous Affairs of the Mexican
Chamber of Deputies; Ricardo Cantu Garza; Vice President of the
Mexico-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Group, and leaders of the
Mexican Federal Government’s National Commission for the Development of
Indigenous People.
At the meetings, the two sides were
unanimous on the exchange of legal documents regarding public policies
on ethnic minorities through diplomatic channels.
They
highlighted the need for such policies in each country’s cause of
poverty reduction as most ethnic groups reside in mountainous, remote
and underdeveloped areas.
The host stressed the significance
of information sharing through the exchange of bilateral delegations in
order to promote the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the
two countries.
The Mexican side spoke highly of Vietnam’s
dynamic development, especially the country’s economic growth in recent
years, saying Vietnam has set an example for many countries worldwide,
including Mexico, in poverty reduction.
The Mexican leaders
voiced their hope to further expand and develop the all-sided
relationship between the two nations, especially bonds between the two
legislative bodies and their agencies.
They committed to working with Vietnam to seek effective measures to elevate their cooperative ties.
For his part, Ut expressed his sympathies for the great losses caused
by the Mexican people after the two recent devastating floods and said
he believes that the country will soon overcome the consequences.
He briefed his hosts on Vietnam’s socio-economic situation, the
organisation of the National Assembly and his council, as well as the
policies of the Vietnamese Party, State and Government towards ethnic
minorities.
Vietnam always attaches importance to developing
the friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Mexico despite the two
countries’ geographical distance, he noted.
The Vietnamese
delegation also visited several indigenous communities in Mexico and
Nuevo Leon State’s capital city of Monterrey, where they were received
by General Secretary of the Mexican Labour Party and President of the
Mexico-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Group, Alberto Anaya
Gutierrez.-VNA