This was stated by Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Nguyen Van Lang, at a February 22 meeting with Senator Alberto Anaya Gutierrez, and Secretary General of the Mexican Labour Party (PT) in Mexico City.

Lang, who is also Head of the Management Board of Hoa Lac High-Tech Park, led a delegation from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) to Mexico from February 20-22.

During the meeting, Senator Anaya briefed his guest on the development of National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the largest in Latin America, and the scientific-technological sector. He pointed out cooperative potential between the MoST and UNAM as well as between institutes from both countries.

He also confirmed the PT’s support for Vietnam’s scientific and technological development.
In term of agriculture, the senator said that this could be a new area of cooperation as Mexico is experienced in growing avocado trees.  

Both Lang and Anaya confirmed the fine relationship between the two countries and spoke highly of prospects for bilateral cooperation in the future, particularly in agriculture and the scientific research and application of technologies that serve economic development.

Earlier, the Vietnamese delegation made a fact-finding tour of the Milpa Alta area which is famous for growing cactus. They also met with the staff of the National Institute for Forestry, Agriculture and Animal Production under the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food and visited the UNAM’s Institute of Geophysics.
After these meetings, both expressed their delight at certain similarities Vietnam and Mexico can share and cooperate in areas such as agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry.

They agreed to continue exchanging delegations as well as their experiences and information on manufacturing and exploiting the use of satellites and telescopes to strengthen bilateral cooperation and boost economic development for mutual benefit of the people of both countries.

On February 23, the delegation left Mexico for Cuba.