Official calls Party chief’s visit to China a success

Hoang Binh Quan, a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) and Head of the CPVCC Commission for External Relations, made the remark in an interview on Party General Secretary Trong’s visit to China from October 11-15.

Quan said Vietnam and China issued a joint statement including eight points reflecting the shared views of the two countries’ leaders on bilateral affairs, and future plans to develop a sustainable and broad strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries.

The two sides agreed on the direction the plan should take, and a comprehensive strategy combining specific content and measures to bolster this comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

Both sides will carry on the enriching cultural exchange visits of the two countries’ senior leaders, as well as upholding the important role of the Steering Committee for Vietnam-China Bilateral Cooperation to encourage more substance to cooperation and promoting bilateral ties.

The two sides will tighten the exchange between the two Parties, bringing into effect the “Cooperation Plan between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the period of 2011-2015”.

Both sides will promote cooperation in depth between the two armies as well as cooperation in law enforcement and security, and increase exchanges and cooperation between such agencies as the court, the procuracy, public security and judicial administration.

The two sides will increase and expand bilateral cooperation in socio-economic fields, implement the “Five-year Development Plan for Vietnam-China Economic-Trade Cooperation”, actively promote bilateral cooperation in such sectors as trade, investment, finance and banking, agro-forestry, transport, electricity, information technology, mining, energy, and tourism, speed up bilateral trade balance, encourage and facilitate the two countries’ businesses expanding long-term cooperation with latest technology and ensuring pace.

The two sides will continue promoting bilateral cooperation in such sectors as science-technology, education, human resource development, culture, health care, sports and journalism.

Both sides will organise better people-to-people exchanges, and further expand exchanges and cooperation between the two countries’ ministries, agencies and localities - especially along the border-sharing provinces.

The two sides discussed existing issues between the two countries in a frank and sincere manner, including the East Sea issues, marine environmental protection and sea rescue, fishermen’s issues, the establishment of hot-lines between the two countries’ fisheries agencies, reaching consensus on the suitable settlement of sea issues.

Quan said during the visit, the two sides signed six important documents, including a five-year cooperation plan between the two parties, an agreement on the basic principles guiding the settlement of sea issues between the two countries, a five-year development plan for economic-trade cooperation, agreements on educational exchanges, and finally a protocol on automobile transport. The two sides officially launched a hot-line for the two countries’ senior leaders.

Quan also said the two sides should settle existing issues between the two countries based on the common perception of the two countries’ senior leaders and the agreement on basic principles guiding the settlement of sea issues in order to seek mutually-acceptable basic and long-term solutions. This lays a firm foundation for the two countries’ stability and development, resulting in greater regional and global security.