HCM City treasures ties with China’s Guangxi province

Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of the municipal Party Committee, made the statement at a reception held on August 28 for Liu Ning, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The function saw Nen tell his guest that the southern city is ready to thoroughly grasp and realise the agreements and common perceptions of the high-ranking leaders of the two Parties and countries as a means of contributing to the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of the joint relationship and bringing practical benefits to the people of the two countries.

Ho Chi Minh City is willing to discuss matters of trade, investment, and tourism co-operative programmes and projects with Guangxi, as well as people-to-people exchanges, he said, adding that the Chinese province holds many memories of President Ho Chi Minh in his revolutionary path. Therefore, the initiative to build a tour "Following Uncle Ho's footsteps" proposed by Guangxi leaders needs to be accelerated along with other tourism promotion activities between the two localities, offering opportunities for people of Vietnam and China in general, as well as the people of Ho Chi Minh City and Guangxi province in particular to exchange friendship, strengthen solidarity, and co-operate for the cause of mutual development.

For his part, Liu expressed his impression of the southern city’s strong and dynamic development, as well as its role as the leading economic locomotive of Vietnam.

The working visit to the southern city is a practical activity of Guangxi as it works to realise the important common perception of the leaders of the Party and State of both sides on enhancing the relationship between the two Parties and the two countries, building a community of shared future in an intensive and practical manner, he said.

Briefing the host on the potential and strengths of Guangxi in developing co-operative relations with localities of Vietnam, Liu affirmed that the Chinese province is ready to work alongside Ho Chi Minh City to focus on implementing joint activities, deepening the relationship between the two countries, and contributing to building a community of shared future between China and Vietnam.

He said that Guangxi wishes to strengthen collaboration with the Vietnamese city in areas where the two sides have potential for co-operation such as seaport development, trade, cultural, and tourism co-operation, elaborating that it is ready to work with the southern metropolis to build a tour "Following Uncle Ho's footsteps" to connect historical sites associated with President Ho Chi Minh in the two localities.