PM Pham Minh Chinh hosts China’s Party Secretary of Guangxi
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted an event on September 16 for Liu Ning, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Secretary of Guangxi Party Committee, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Guangxi province's Nanning city.
He thanked Guangxi for preserving relic sites related to President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities in the province, as well as using the occasion as a platform to voice his hope that Guangxi will continue playing a pioneering role in intensifying substantive exchanges and co-operation between the two nations.
Recalling Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's recent tour of the border gate area in Lang Son province and planting of a "friendship" tree there, PM Chinh said the act manifests importance and has been attached top priority by the Vietnamese Party and State with regard to relations with China.
Liu, for his part, affirmed that Guangxi always treasures its friendly and co-operative ties with Vietnamese localities. Following his visit to Vietnam in April, he expressed satisfaction about two-way trade which exceeded US$20 billion in the first eight months of this year.
The Vietnamese PM spoke highly of bilateral co-operation potential and outlined six breakthrough areas in which to build ties with Guangxi moving forward, namely infrastructure connectivity, economic-trade-investment co-operation promotion, expanding people-to-people and youth exchanges, close collaboration in the field of border gates, the good implementation of three documents on the management of the Vietnam-China land border, and close co-operation in education and training.
Agreeing with PM Chinh’s proposals, Liu affirmed that the Party Organisation, authorities, and people of Guangxi will follow common perceptions reached by leaders of the two countries and Parties, whilst striving to expand and deepen friendly exchanges with the Vietnamese localities as well.
He promised to work alongside Vietnamese ministries, agencies, and localities to deepen collaboration in six breakthrough directions proposed by the Vietnamese leader, with a specific focus placed on stepping up railway and road transportation connectivity, improving customs efficiency through the pilot "smart border gate" model, strengthening port co-operation, and jointly working on cross-border crime prevention.
These efforts will therefore contribute to strengthening and deepening the bilateral comprehensive strategic co-operative partnership and bring practical benefits to localities and their people.
