Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ho Xuan Son on April 11 held talks
with his Colombian counterpart Patti Londono who is in Vietnam from
April 10-12.
During their talks, the two sides
expressed wishes to expand cooperation in many fields and highly valued
their initial achievements in approaching trade and investment
opportunities and cooperation initiatives in agriculture, culture,
education and technology.
Both sides agreed to
intensify bilateral cooperation and support each other in international
organisations, and at multilateral forums and interregional cooperation
mechanisms, namely the United Nations (UN), the Colombia, Indonesia,
Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa (CIVETS) group and
the Forum for East Asia–Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC).
On the same day, Londono held meetings with Deputy Minister of
Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh and Vice Chairman of the Vietnam
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Doan Duy Khuong.-VNA