Hanoi, Aug. 14 -- Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung chaired talks with a delegation from the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) led by General Secretary Paulo Raimundo in Hanoi on August 14.

Trung expressed thanks to Paulo Raimundo and other PCP leaders for their heartfelt condolence letters on the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and congratulatory messages to President To Lam on his election as the new Party chief of Vietnam. These gestures, he noted, are testament to the fraternity and comradeship as well as strong solidarity between the two Parties.

Briefing the Portuguese delegation about the CPV's renewal policy, Trun...