Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks via video conference with his Panamanian counterpart Federico Alfaro Boyd, on November 18, 2020. (Photo: Nguyen Hong/baoquocte)

Son briefed his counterpart on Vietnam’s political, socio-economic situation and COVID-19 containment experience as well as its economic recovery measures, in order to ensure social security in the country. He affirmed that Vietnam considers Panama as one of its important partners in Latin America and wishes to strengthen the friendly relations and multifaceted cooperation with the Republic of Panama, especially in economics, trade and investment.

Deputy FM Federico Alfaro Boyd said Panama highly appreciates Vietnam’s achievements in its capacity as the ASEAN Chair in 2020 and a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2020-2021, as well as its initial success in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic for socio-economic development.

Reviewing cooperation between the two countries and the two Foreign Ministries, the diplomats agreed that the two sides will continue to work closely to maintain the fine development of bilateral relations through high-level reciprocal visits when conditions permit.