Promoting solidarity, friendship, mutual understanding, and interpersonal exchange between Vietnam and China is crucial to developing the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in a stable and healthy fashion.

President Truong Tan Sang made the remark at a reception for Chairwoman of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) Li Xiaolin in Hanoi on January 15.

He said the Vietnamese Party, State and people attach great importance to the neighbourliness, friendship and comprehensive cooperation with their Chinese counterparts.

The two sides are expected to maintain regular high-level delegation exchanges, realise commitments in certain fields, address disputes, and develop cooperation for the benefits of the two countries, the region, and the world.

This is the consistent and long-term policy of Vietnam, the President reiterated.

For her part, Li recalled the China visits by late former President Ho Chi Minh in May 1955 and by President Truong Tan Sang in November 2014, and highlighted a number of friendship activities on the occasion of the 65 th anniversary of Vietnam-China diplomatic ties.

She pledged to promote the role of the CPAFFC and the China-Vietnam Friendship Association in organising interpersonal exchange activities to strengthen solidarity and friendship between the two nations for mutual development.

The same day, the Chinese guest was welcomed by Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong. They expressed hope that the VUFO and the CPAFFC will design and implement activities to fortify amity between the people of China and Vietnam.

Vietnam treasures ties with China: Deputy PM

The Vietnamese Party, Government and people always attach importance to maintaining and developing the friendship and cooperation with China in a stable, healthy and sustainable manner, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has said.

Attending a banquet celebrating the 65 th anniversary of Vietnam-China diplomatic ties held by the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi on January 15, the Vietnamese leader stressed that during the 65-year journey the bilateral relations have sometimes met with difficulties, but the cooperation and friendship have kept growing thanks to concerted efforts.

He noted that in the current global context, both countries and their Parties are dealing with new opportunities and challenges in the renewal and nation-building courses. They both need the external environment to be peaceful and stable and cooperative.
In 2015, the two countries should strictly implement agreements and common perceptions reached between their senior leaders, while ceaselessly deepening the bilateral relations for the sake of the two peoples, practically contributing to maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiao Yong briefed the guests on the achievements reaped by the two nations over the last 65 years, especially after they established the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in 2008.

He affirmed China always treasures its ties with Vietnam and wishes to work with the neighbor to bring the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new level of development.On the same day, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Nguyen Van Tho hosed a banquet marking the 65 th anniversary of Vietnam-China diplomatic ties in Beijing.

Vietnam-China diplomatic ties marked in Beijing

The 65th founding anniversary of Vietnam-China diplomatic ties was celebrated in Beijing on January 15.

The event was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in China and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC).

Ambassador Nguyen Van Tho highlighted the traditional neighbourliness and friendship between Vietnam and China, which were established by late Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong and then nurtured by generations of the two countries’ leaders.

Such bilateral relationship is for the fundamental interests of the two peoples as well as for peace, cooperation and development, he said.

He stressed that despite difficulties and challenges over the past year, the Vietnam-China relations have enjoyed fresh development in various fields.

Via high-level phone talks and meetings, the two sides have reached important common perceptions on restoring and maintaining their relationship in a stable manner, increasing mutual trust, expanding and deepening the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership, contributing to peace, stability and cooperation in the region and beyond, Tho said.

He reiterated that Vietnam always attaches importance to developing its comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, regarding it as one of the consistent and long-term strategic priorities of the country.

Turning to the East Sea issue, the ambassador said he believes that if the two countries consistently pursue peaceful means and friendly negotiations on the basis of equality, mutual respect and international law, they will gradually find out an appropriate solution to the issue.

In 2014, two-way trade between Vietnam and China was estimated at 58.5 billion USD, up 16 percent against the previous year. Vietnam was the second biggest trade partner of China in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), while China remained Vietnam’s 9th largest investor with a total registered capital of 7.9 billion USD.

 

VNA