Hanoi, July 9 -- Venezuelan Vice President and Minister of Communication and Information Freddy Nanez received Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Trung My on July 8, calling for stronger cooperation in information and communications between the two countries. The host affirmed the crucial role of the media in safeguarding national independence and sovereignty, as well as in promoting the image of each country and its development aspirations. The Vice President highlighted the two countries' similarities in their ideals of independence, freedom, and social justice, and in the pursuit of the people's happiness-originating from the thoughts of Liberator Simon Bolivar and President Ho Chi Minh. He described this as a spiritual bond that unites the two ...