El Salvadoran Embassy Officially Opens in Hanoi, First in Southeast Asia
El Salvador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Hill Tinoco (middle) and Vietnam’s Foreign Deputy Minister Ha Kim Ngoc (second from left) cut the ribbon to open the El Salvador Embassy in Hanoi on February 15. Photo: VNA El Salvador’s embassy office officially opened in Hanoi on February 15, the first for the Central American country in Southeast Asia, VNA reported Thursday. The opening ceremony was attended by El Salvador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Hill Tinoco, Vietnam’s Foreign Deputy Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and high-ranking guests from both countries. In her opening speech, Tinoco said, “El Salvador recognises Vietnam’s leadership and its potential to develop solid cooperation ties in fields of mutual interest.” “In this new stage of El Salvador’s history, we have a very clear image of the type of country we want to inherit to current and future generations,” she said. “At the centre of our government policies, the well-being of the Salvadoran populati