Politics
Vietnamese President Nguyen Mihn Triet laid on Wednesday a wreath on the sarcophagus containing the remains of Liberator Simón Bolívar.

The event took place early in the morning during a ceremony attended, among others, by Venezuelan Vice-President Ramón Carrizalez and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicolás Maduro, state-run news agency ABN reported.

Nguyen Mihn Triet is paying a two-day official visit to Venezuela intended to trigger bilateral trade relations and including a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez. Back in 2006, both of them entered into cooperation agreements on culture and power during Chávez's visit to Vietnam.

A proposal has been made for the creation by both countries of a development fund similar to the financial facility established with China.