Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh holds online talks with Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza. (Photo: baoquocte.vn)

The two sides agreed to maintain bilateral cooperation mechanisms, especially the Vietnam-Venezuela Intergovernmental Joint Committee and the Political Consultation between the two Ministries of Foreign Affairs.

Both stressed the need to strengthen exchanges between ministries and branches and business connections, promote trade-investment relations and cooperation in areas of mutual interest like agriculture, oil and gas, healthcare, commerce, culture, sports and tourism, and boost activities of friendship associations and people-to-people exchanges.

The two sides also agreed to increase discussions on international and regional issues of mutual concern and to work closely with each other at multilateral forums to which Vietnam and Venezuela are members.