Vietnam treasures comprehensive partnership with Venezuela: official
Phan Dinh Trac, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, hosted a reception on December 14 for Venezuelan Agriculture and Land Minister Wilmar Castro Soteldo, who is in Vietnam for the first International Rice Festival 2023.
Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trac (R) receives Venezuelan Agriculture and Land Minister Wilmar Castro Soteldo. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Phan Dinh Trac, Chairman of the Party CentralCommittee’s Commission for Internal Affairs, hosted a reception on December 14 for Venezuelan Agriculture and LandMinister Wilmar Castro Soteldo, who is in Vietnam for the first International Rice Festival2023.
During the meeting, Trac affirmed the consistent policy of theParty and State of Vietnam of attaching importance to the traditionalsolidarity with the UnitedSocialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and comprehensive partnership with the LatinAmerican nation. He said Vietnam is willing to share experiences and createfavourable conditions for expanding agricultural cooperation between the twocountries.
He said that the Venezuelan guest’s working visit is a practicalactivity to promptly implement the consensus of high-ranking leaders of the twoparties and two countries, thus further strengthening the Vietnam – Venezuela comprehensivepartnership, especially strategic cooperation fields, including agriculture.
Participants at the reception (Photo: VNA)
He highly valued practical measures agreed upon by the two countries’agriculture ministers to resume and promote agricultural cooperation programmes,and the signing of cooperation agreement in wet rice production which Vietnamhas strength and experience and both sides have a high demand for cooperation.
For his part, Soteldo, who is also member of the PSUV’s national political council, expressed his admiration of the important achievements Vietnam recorded across its Doi Moi (renewal) process, and miracle achievements of the Vietnamese agriculture in particular.
He called the Vietnameseagriculture one of the largest rice producers in the world to ensuring food security. He said that Vietnam has shared experience and cooperation models bothbilaterally and multilaterally in agricultural development and processing of agriculturalproducts, especially rice, coffee, and seafood./.
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Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Dinh Trac (R) receives Venezuelan Agriculture and Land Minister Wilmar Castro Soteldo. (Photo: VNA) 
Participants at the reception (Photo: VNA) 
