During the visit, NA Vice Chairman Tran Quang Phuong  had meetings with Mexican parliamentary leaders and representatives of some Mexican organizations, where he affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to enhancing traditional relations with Latin American countries, especially with the State, Parliament and people of Mexico.

Phuong said up to now, Vietnam-Mexico relations have reached new heights, suitable for the two countries to establish and upgrade the Comprehensive Partnership framework.

he Vietnamese NA delegation led by NA Vice Chairman Tran Quang Phuong meets with Mexican parliamentary leaders (Photo: VNA)

The National Assembly of Vietnam supports and hopes that the two sides will soon discuss and agree on the draft Joint Declaration on establishing the Vietnam-Mexico Comprehensive Partnership, he added.

At the meetings and working sessions with the Vietnamese delegation, Mexican leaders affirmed that Vietnam is a leading important partner in the Southeast Asia region, and expressed their joy at the positive progress in the relationship between the two countries in recent times.

They affirmed that Mexico always desires to boost ties with Vietnam on all channels, especially stepping up bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation.

Agreeing that the two countries still hold much potential to bolster economic, trade and investment cooperation, Mexican leaders underscored the need to beef up cooperation and capitalize the advantages brought by the CPTPP in order to further bilateral cooperation as a way of bringing practical benefits to both nations' people.

Regarding parliamentary cooperation, the two sides agreed to ramp up cooperation between the two countries' legislatures within both bilateral and multilateral frameworks, intensify the exchange of high-level delegations, continue to coordinate and support each other at multilateral parliamentary forums.