Mexico (VNA) - The Regeneración newspaper, the official organ of the ruling party National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) in Mexico, ran an article on May 19, highlighting the friendship with Vietnam on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries and the 134th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - 2024).

The article praised the victory of the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising under the leadership of the Vietnam Workers' Party, now the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The great victory marked the complete defeat of the war of aggression and the new colonial rule of the US imperialists in the South, the complete liberation of South Vietnam and the national unification, and opened a new chapter of the Vietnamese revolution history, it said.

The newspaper emphasised that Mexico was one of the first countries in the world to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam after the victory, and this milestone in the relationship between the two countries is even more special and memorable as it coincides with the birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh, a great leader, a national liberation hero, and an eminent cultural figure of Vietnam.

People of Mexico, and those in Latin America in general, have always expressed their reverence and admiration for President Ho Chi Minh, the newspaper said, adding that to honour the Vietnamese late leader, Mexico has built three statues of Uncle Ho in Mexico City, Acapulco, and Guadalajara state.

The article also spotlighted achievements in the relations between the two countries which have fruitfully developed across fields - diplomacy, economy, trade, culture, education, security – defense, and tourism.

With the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), signed and coming into effect in early 2019, trade between the two countries continues to be a bright spot in bilateral relations, it noted.

༒ Statistics show that Vietnam's exports to Mexico reached 11.59 billion USD in 2023, while the Southeast Asian nation spent 422.3 million USD on importing products from the second-largest economy in Latin America./.