On June 8, the delegation met with Liu Qi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, who stressed that the Chinese Party and Government always attach importance to developing its ties with Vietnam.

China wants to strengthen its comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Vietnam and work together to carry out a number of activities to mark the 60^th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries and the 2010 Vietnam-China Friendship Year, he said.

Mr Liu said he believes that under the leadership of the CPV, the Vietnamese people will accomplish all targets set at the 10^th Party Congress and successfully organise the upcoming 11th Congress.

For his part, Deputy Minister Dac spoke highly of China’s huge development over the past years and confirmed that exchange plans between the two parties will make a practical contribution to fostering the Vietnamese-Chinese relationship as well as Party building and national development in each country.

Earlier, the CPV delegation met with the CPC’s Central Committee’s International Liaison Department. It also plans to pay working visits to Anhui province and Shanghai.