Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tatiana Pugh Moreno and officials of the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela pose for a photo at the event. (Photo: VNA) The event drew the participation of Venezuelan Deputy Ministers of ForeignAffairs Yuri Pimentel and Tatiana Pugh Moreno, and Deputy Minister of CultureMary Pemjean, among others.
Addressing the event, Venezuelan Deputy Minister of ForeignAffairs Tatiana Pugh Moreno said that the ASEAN Day and ASEAN food fair will help strengthen the relations and mutual understand between Venezuela andASEAN, thus opening up new cooperation opportunities between the two sides inmany areas.
Moreno expressed her impression at the increasing role andposition of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the world as an international economic hub, as well as theassociation’s achievements in building a community of solidarity, unity andcooperation.
She said that ASEAN will become a model for regionalcooperation that the international community can learn from.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Vu Trung My, who is also Chair of theASEAN Committee in Caracas, introduced the process of forming and developingASEAN into a community with unity and harmony in diversity. He highlightedASEAN’s achievements over the years to become the fifth largest economy in theworld and the third in Asia.
The diplomat said that the achievements have affirmed therole of the group towards the international community as a leading partner intrade and investment. ASEAN will continue to foster cooperation to anticipatebreakthrough changes such as circular economy, digital transformation, energy transition, climate change adaptation towards a thriving and sustainable communityfollowing the ASEAN Vision 2045, he said.
The Vietnamese ambassador also introduced the economic growth of Vietnam over theyears, as well as its competitive advantages and strengths in international economiccooperation and foreign direct investment attraction.
Within the event’s framework, many cultural programmes ofASEAN and Venezuela were held. Participants also enjoyed specialties of ASEANcountries and Venezuela. Vietnam brought a number of agricultural products tothe event, including coffee and tea./.
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