Hanoi, Feb. 27 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung held talks with Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel in Hanoi on February 27 during the latter's official visit to Vietnam.

Welcoming Rangel, Trung noted that this is the first visit to Vietnam by a minister from a European Union (EU) member state following the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the recent trip by President of the European Council Antonio Costa.

The visit demonstrates Portugal's determination, as well as that of the EU, to further strengthen multifaceted cooperation with Vietnam, he said, welcoming Portugal's official inauguration of its embassy in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese minister briefed his guest on the major ...