Deputy PM hosts outgoing Chinese Ambassador
VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 18 for Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo who came to bid adieu marking the end of his tenure.
Reviewing the progress of Vietnam-China ties during the Chinese diplomat’s term of office in Vietnam since September 2018, both sides agreed that with the combined efforts, the relationship between the two Parties and the two countries has never reached such a profound, comprehensive and practical level as it is today.
The relations reaped many great achievements of historical significance such as the visit to China by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong in October 2022 and the visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping in December 2023.
Both sides also consented to establish a new positioning for the bilateral relations, and build a Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
The exchanges and meetings at all levels between the two countries have been maintained regularly and in flexible formats. They have boosted practical cooperation in a multitude fields, especially in trade-investment; strategic connectivity, especially transport connectivity; strategic infrastructure cooperation; tourism cooperation; friendship exchanges and locality-to-locality partnership.
Regarding the direction for further cooperation in the time ahead, Quang suggested the two sides continue to expedite the implementation of high-level common perceptions and signed agreements, especially the two Vietnam-China joint statements reached during the recent visits by the two Party chiefs.
The two sides will actively arrange high-level meetings and exchanges at all levels and via all channels; effectively coordinate to organise the 16th meeting of the Vietnam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation; and promote cooperation in building a number of standard gauge railways linking the northern region of Vietnam with China.
The Deputy PM congratulated the Chinese Ambassador on his successful term in Vietnam and applauded his positive and important contributions to the Vietnam-China friendship and cooperation.
On this occasion, Quang asked the Chinese side to continue opening its market for some high-quality agricultural products of Vietnam; increase large-scale investment and high-tech projects, and projects in new fields in Vietnam; ram up cooperation in education, culture and tourism; and speed up the progress of non-refundable aid projects for Vietnam.
