Vietnam, Mexico strengthen economic ties

Mayor of Toluca, capital city of Mexico State, Mexico, Fernando Zamora Morales visited permanent Vice Secretary of the Da Nang municipal Party Committee Vo Cong Tri on October 3.

During the reception, the Toluca Mayor expressed his delight at receiving the first Da Nang delegation to Mexico and Toluca, the two first twinned cities between the two countries.

He lauded Toluca as a safe destination for foreign direct investment. He also wished to welcome Vietnamese investors, including those from Da Nang, to do business in the city.

Briefing the host about Da Nang, permanent Vice Secretary of the Da Nang municipal Party Committee Vo Cong Tri invited Toluca officials to the city next year on the occasion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit and pledged to consider projects from them.

With similarities and cooperation potential in high technology, education-training, tourism and sustainable development, he expressed his determination to advance Da Nang-Toluca ties to bring benefits for the two peoples.

At the reception, Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Le Linh Lan hoped that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s visit to Vietnam next year would lift bilateral ties.

She wished that the Toluca officials will visit Da Nang in the near future to discuss strengthening bilateral ties within the framework of the APEC forum and the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, to which both Vietnam and Mexico are members.

Source:VNA