Vietnam-China people-to-people exchanges should deliver tangible benefits, NA leader says

The top Vietnamese legislator made the remarks while receiving a delegation of Chinese friendship figures in Beijing on October 12, during his official visit to China.

He expressed appreciation for the enduring friendship and sustained contributions of Chinese friendship associations and generations of friendship advocates to bilateral relations. He noted that the highest-ranking leaders of the two Parties and countries had reached important common understandings on further deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and advancing the building of a Vietnam-China Community with a Shared Future that carries strategic significance.

He highlighted that friendship organisations had helped connect generations, localities, social organisations, scholars, cultural circles, businesses and young people, describing their work as building bridges between the two peoples through sincerity and mutual understanding.

As both countries enter a new stage of development, the National Assembly President called on the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the China-Vietnam Friendship Association and their Vietnamese counterparts to continue strengthening traditional friendship and expanding cooperation among their peoples.

He highlighted the importance of youth exchanges, including the “Red Journey” programme of study and research, the Vietnam-China People’s Forum and the Vietnam-China Border People’s Friendship Festival. Such activities, he said, should help younger generations gain a deeper and more objective understanding of the history of bilateral relations and the friendship nurtured by previous generations.

Turning friendship into practical cooperation

The top legislator stressed that people-to-people exchanges should bring visible benefits to citizens. These include making travel and tourism between the two countries more convenient, expanding opportunities for students to study in each other’s country, encouraging more frequent exchanges between border communities, helping businesses find suitable partners and facilitating access to each other’s quality agricultural produce and other goods.

He said the Vietnam-China Tourism Cooperation Year 2026-2027 offered considerable opportunities to expand people-to-people exchanges. Friendship organisations should work with relevant agencies, local authorities and businesses to organise cultural and tourism activities, connect heritage sites and historical landmarks, and develop friendship-themed tourism routes.

The National Assembly President also called for stronger efforts to foster a sound social foundation and a positive, objective and friendly public atmosphere for bilateral relations. Researchers, media organisations, artists and other influential figures in both countries should share accurate information and tell more stories about their peoples, cultures and cooperation, helping deepen mutual understanding, narrow perceptual differences and strengthen public trust.

Chinese friendship organisations pledge continued cooperation

Yang Wanming, President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, said the Chinese side would continue implementing the important common understandings reached by the two countries’ top leaders and strengthening the social foundation of bilateral relations.

He pledged to expand people-to-people exchanges and cultural cooperation, promote youth study visits to China to learn about revolutionary history and shared traditions, and work with Vietnam’s friendship organisations to renew the content and format of the China-Vietnam People’s Forum.

Yang also highlighted the potential for greater cooperation among localities, particularly border areas, and pledged to maintain effective exchanges, including the China-Vietnam Border People’s Friendship Festival, to create more opportunities for mutual understanding and mutually beneficial cooperation.

During the meeting, National Assembly President Man also heard the moving recollections of Wu Shuhui, a former medical worker at Nanxishan Hospital who directly participated in treating wounded and sick Vietnamese soldiers during the war. Her account offered a reminder of the historical bonds between the two peoples and the human connections that continue to underpin their friendship.

NA leader urges stronger exchanges between Vietnam, China mass organizations

VOV.VN - National Assembly (NA) President Tran Thanh Man suggested that both sides further promote the particularly important role of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in consolidating the foundation of public support.