Vietnam aspires to promote traditional friendship with China
VOV.VN - Vietnam greatly respects its relations with China and truly wishes to reinforce traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership with China for mutual benefit.
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Vietnamese Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong made the statement at a November 1 reception in Hanoi for Song Tao, the visiting special envoy of Communist Party of China’s General Secretary.
Trong said Vietnam hopes that both sides will work closely to realize joint perceptions and agreements by the two countries’ leaders.
He congratulated the success of the 19th CPC National Congress and hailed the achievements the Party, State and people of China have recorded during the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The Party leader reiterated that both sides need more active preparations to ensure the success of General Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s high-level visit to Vietnam and his participation in the upcoming the APEC Economic Leaders' Week.
Song Tao, who is also a member of the CPC Central Committee and head of the CPC Central Committee’s International Liaison Department, said China and General Secretary Xi Jinping treasure the friendship and cooperation with Vietnam, calling for more strategic exchanges and strengthened political trust to promote stable and in-depth bilateral relations.
He briefed Trong on the outcomes of the freshly-ended 19th CPC National Congress as well as China’s major development policies and orientations towards socialist modernization.
The same day, special envoy Song Tao was received by Hoang Binh Quan, Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s External Affairs Commission, and Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member, permanent member of the CPV Central Committee’s Secretariat and head of the CPV Central Committee’s Inspection Commission.
The two sides had an in-depth discussion on the implementation of cooperation agreements between senior leaders of the two Parties and the promotion of cooperation between the two Parties and countries in a healthy, stable and sustainable manner in the time to come.
They consented to intensify high-level exchanges between Party agencies , continue sharing experiences and theories, and bolster cooperation in training officials as well as exchanges between people, agencies and localities.