Vietnam News Agency boosts cooperation with Mexican counterpart
Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Mexico’s official news agency Notimex have agreed to boost information exchanges within the framework of their cooperation agreement recently signed in Mexico City.
VNA Deputy Director General Dinh Dang Quang (L) and general director of Notimex Sanjuana Martínez Montemayor (Photo: VNA)
Mexico City (VNA) – Vietnam NewsAgency (VNA) and Mexico’s official news agency Notimex have agreed to boostinformation exchanges within the framework of their cooperation agreementrecently signed in Mexico City.
The signing took place during a working trip to Mexico by aVNA delegation led by Deputy Director General Dinh Dang Quang.
At a working session with the VNA delegation,general director of Notimex Sanjuana Martínez Montemayor noted the positivebilateral cooperation outcomes in recent times.
She voiced her hope that the two sides willpromote information cooperation in various publication forms.
Notimex is willing to enhance training work andexchanges of reporters and editors with VNA, she said.
Vietnam is a country with much to learn from,she said, adding that Notimex wants to disseminate information about Vietnam’sachievements in fighting poverty and corruption, as well as in other fields ofculture, history and sports.
For his part, Quang expressed his belief thatduring Sanjuana Martínez’s working tenure, the bilateral cooperative relationsand information exchanges will be enhanced.
The cooperation agreement creates a legalfoundation for a new period in bilateral relations with greater efficiency, hesaid.
The deputy director general informed his hostthat with a 74-year history of establishment and development, VNA is a keynational external information agency with the provision of information in allareas from life, culture and society in more than 10 languages forinternational media agencies.
He presented a letter of congratulation from VNADirector General Nguyen Duc Loi to Sanjuana Martínez on her recent appointmentto the position of Notimex director general.
During their working trip to Mexico from April2-9, the VNA delegation had working sessions with representatives from Mexico’sLabour Party to discuss cooperation in printing and promoting the image ofVietnam.-VNA
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VNA Deputy Director General Dinh Dang Quang (L) and general director of Notimex Sanjuana Martínez Montemayor (Photo: VNA) 
