ASEAN culture and cuisine promoted in Venezuela

Delegates at Vietnam's booth (Photo: baoquocte.vn)

The event attracted the participation of more than 30 booths introducing products and traditional cuisine of ASEAN countries, Venezuela and many countries around the world.

Speaking at the event, Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tatiana Pugh Moreno said that the ASEAN Day and ASEAN food fair will help strengthen the relations and mutual understand between Venezuela and ASEAN, thus opening up new cooperation opportunities between the two sides in many areas.

She expressed her impression at the increasing role and position of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the world as an international economic hub, as well as the association’s achievements in building a community of solidarity, unity and cooperation.

Ms. Moreno said that ASEAN will become a model for regional cooperation that the international community can learn from.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Vu Trung My, who is also Chair of the ASEAN Committee in Caracas, introduced the process of forming and developing ASEAN into a community with unity and harmony in diversity. He highlighted ASEAN’s achievements over the years to become the fifth largest economy in the world and the third in Asia.

The Ambassador said that the achievements have affirmed the role of the group towards the international community as a leading partner in trade and investment. ASEAN will continue to foster cooperation to anticipate breakthrough changes such as circular economy, digital transformation, energy transition, climate change adaptation towards a thriving and sustainable community following the ASEAN Vision 2045, he said.

The Vietnamese Ambassador also introduced Vietnam’s economic growth over the past years, as well as its competitive advantages and strengths in international economic cooperation and foreign direct investment attraction.

Many cultural programs of ASEAN and Venezuela were held within the framework of the event. Participants also enjoyed specialties of ASEAN countries and Venezuela. Vietnam also introduced a number of agricultural products to the event, including fried spring roll, coffee and tea./.