Get together marks 45 years since Chilean leader’s visit
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-Chile Friendship and Cooperation Association held a get together in Hanoi on May 30, marking the 45th anniversary of a Vietnam visit by Chilean Chair of Senate Salvador Allende.
The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-ChileFriendship and Cooperation Association held a get together in Hanoi onMay 30, marking the 45th anniversary of a Vietnam visit by ChileanChair of Senate Salvador Allende.
Allende, who later became thePresident of Chile, paid the visit in May 1969 amid Vietnam’s fierce waragainst the US. He was also the last foreign politician to meet withVietnam’s President Ho Chi Minh before the latter passed away the sameyear.
The celebratory event was attended by representatives fromthe Party’s Commission for Foreign Relations, the Foreign Ministry, theNational Assembly’s Committee for Foreign Affairs and ambassadors ofLatin American countries in Vietnam.
In a video clip displayed atthe event, incumbent Chilean Chair of Senate Isabel Allende, who is thedaughter of Salvador Allende, underlined the importance of the visit 45years ago, adding that her father raised his voice to protect the rightof self-determination for countries around the globe.
ChileanAmbassador Fernando Urrutia said the visit by Allende also demonstratedthe solidarity of the Chilean people with their Vietnamese friends.
He also voiced his belief that their bilateral ties, which wereestablished in 1971, will continue flourishing in the future.-VNA
PM Chinh's participation demonstrates Vietnam's strong appreciation and support for China. This, in turn, contributes to further promoting the positive development of the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, aiming to build a Vietnam-China community with a shared future, which carries strategic significance.
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Describing the exhibition as a large-scaled, content-rich, and unprecedented event with high requirements and limited preparation time, PM Pham Minh Chinh urged all ministries, sectors, and localities to participate with the highest sense of responsibility, ensuring the exhibition is inclusive, objective, truthful, feasible, and impactful.
Vietnam’s attendance reaffirms its consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification, and comprehensive, intensive, extensive and effective international integration.
Cheng stressed that this is third time PM Chinh has attended the meeting and he is among the few senior government officials participating in this year's event, which is considered as a rare and commendable gesture.
The fact that the Vietnamese PM has been invited to attend and speak at this important event for three consecutive years reflects the WEF as well as the international business community's recognition and high regard for Vietnam's position, role, and contributions to global and regional economic growth.
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PM Pham Minh Chinh instructed chairpersons of the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to strictly follow the Ministry of Finance's guidelines on handling public finances and budgets, with a focus on preventing wastefulness, misconduct, or corruption.
Knapper reaffirmed the US's commitment to supporting a strong, independent, prosperous and resilient Vietnam, while respecting each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence and political systems.
