Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Zhang Dejiang in Beijing on April 8, stressing his country treasures its friendship and cooperation with China.

Meeting with Premier Li Keqiang, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong congratulated China on its important socio-economic achievements and affirmed that Vietnam highly appreciates China’s significant assistance during its past struggle for national liberation and current socialism building.

He briefed the host on the outcomes of his talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping, asking the two Governments to direct the full and effective implementation of agreements and common perceptions between leaders of the two Parties and States to enhance their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

Premier Li Keqiang likewise congratulated Vietnam on its considerable attainments and voiced his belief that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Southeast Asian country will reap greater accomplishments in the time to come.

The two leaders shared the view that the intensification of relations, political trust between their leaders and friendship between their peoples are of the utmost importance to each country’s development and benefits as well as regional peace, stability, cooperation and development.

They exchanged in-depth opinions on steering the implementation of agreements and common perceptions of the countries’ leaders and agreed to bolster the stable, balanced and sustainable development of economic, trade and investment cooperation and increase comprehensive collaboration between their localities.

The two agreed that Vietnam and China will carry out agreements on their shared land border and the agreement on basic principles guiding the settlement of sea-related issues. They will effectively utilise the Government-level negotiation mechanism on Vietnam-China border and territorial issues while working together to manage disputes, settle arising matters satisfactorily, maintain peace and stability at sea, speed up result-oriented negotiations to work out appropriate measures addressing sea-related issues and boost cooperation in the waters off the mouth of the Tonkin Gulf.

On the occasion, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong conveyed to Premier Li Keqiang an invitation to visit Vietnam from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Meeting with Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee Zhang Dejiang, the Vietnamese Party leader said as the two countries step up the building of socialist States ruled by law, it is critical for their parliaments and parliamentary bodies to tighten practical and effective exchange and cooperation.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said he supports the National Assembly of Vietnam and the NPC in expanding delegation exchanges and information and legislative experience sharing.

Chairman Zhang Dejiang described the Vietnamese delegation’s visit as a substantial contribution to the stable and healthy development of relations between the two Parties and States, ultimately furthering the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

He said their traditional friendship nurtured by Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong and other leaders is a precious asset that both Vietnam and China need to treasure and consolidate.

He also congratulated Vietnam on the successful organisation of the 132 nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-132).

The two leaders concurred that both sides need to exert all efforts to strengthen political trust between the two Parties and States through high-ranking visits and candid discussions of opinions.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong thanked the NPC for its active contributions to the success of the IPU-132.

At the meeting, he also sent National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung’s invitation to visit Vietnam to Chairman Zhang Dejiang, who accepted the invitation with pleasure.

Party leader meets China friendship associations

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with representatives from the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), the China-Vietnam Friendship Association and a number of former Chinese experts and diplomats, who worked in Vietnam, in Beijing on April 8.

The Party leader, who is on an official visit to China, noted that Vietnam and China have enjoyed a time-honoured friendship and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. Both are constructing independent, sovereign and socialist nations, he said.

He thanked Chinese friends for their meaningful assistance to Vietnam during the country’s national construction, hailing the practical activities of the CPAFFC and the China-Vietnam Friendship Association to enhance diplomatic ties.

The Party chief also expressed his hope that the associations and Chinese friends would continue exerting efforts for the development of the bilateral ties.

CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin recalled memories of her visit to Vietnam on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

She pledged that her association would continue working closely with the Vietnam Union for Friendship Organisations to further foster the China-Vietnam relations.

The CPAFFC will continue making contributions to promoting mutual understanding and cooperation between the two countries while coordinating with Vietnamese partners to organise activities to deepen the friendship and partnership, she vowed.

Meanwhile, Vice Chairman of the China-Vietnam Friendship Association Zhang Dewei said the association and Chinese fans of Vietnam will do their best to promote solidarity and friendship between the two peoples.

Party leader meets China friendship associations

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with representatives from the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), the China-Vietnam Friendship Association and a number of former Chinese experts and diplomats, who worked in Vietnam, in Beijing on April 8.

The Party leader, who is on an official visit to China, noted that Vietnam and China have enjoyed a time-honoured friendship and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. Both are constructing independent, sovereign and socialist nations, he said.

He thanked Chinese friends for their meaningful assistance to Vietnam during the country’s national construction, hailing the practical activities of the CPAFFC and the China-Vietnam Friendship Association to enhance diplomatic ties.

The Party chief also expressed his hope that the associations and Chinese friends would continue exerting efforts for the development of the bilateral ties.

CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin recalled memories of her visit to Vietnam on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.

She pledged that her association would continue working closely with the Vietnam Union for Friendship Organisations to further foster the China-Vietnam relations.

The CPAFFC will continue making contributions to promoting mutual understanding and cooperation between the two countries while coordinating with Vietnamese partners to organise activities to deepen the friendship and partnership, she vowed.

Meanwhile, Vice Chairman of the China-Vietnam Friendship Association Zhang Dewei said the association and Chinese fans of Vietnam will do their best to promote solidarity and friendship between the two peoples.

Party leader meets Chinese top political advisor

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met with Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), on April 8 as part of his on-going official visit to China.

General Secretary Trong congratulated the CPPCC on the success of its third session and voiced his belief that the Chinese people will continue to reap even greater achievements and fulfil the goals of building an overall well-off society and socialism in the country.

The Vietnamese Party leader said the cooperation between the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the CPPCC has contributed greatly to the Vietnam-China relations.

He added that he hopes the two organisations will foster their result-oriented partnership during the year marking the 65th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, thus helping with enhancing mutual understanding and consolidating the people-to-people friendship between the two countries.

The Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, who is also member of the Communist Party of China Politburo Standing Committee, hailed the visit by the Vietnamese Party General Secretary, saying that it has produced positive outcomes of great importance for the friendship and cooperation between the two Parties and countries.

The two sides agreed to maintain efforts to strengthen and enhance the political trust between the two Parties and countries as well as the friendship between the two peoples, while expanding and improving the efficiency of cooperation across all sectors.

They reached consensus on the full and strict implementation of agreements reached between leaders of the two countries while effectively managing disputes, maintaining peace and stability towards a healthy and sustainable development of bilateral ties.

The CPPCC leader later hosted a banquet in honour of the Vietnamese Party General Secretary and the Vietnamese delegation.

Vietnam, China reinforce security cooperation

Vietnam and China have agreed to continue intensifying their security cooperation in a result-oriented manner, turning relations in this field into one of pillars of their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

The consensus was reached during separate meetings between Politburo member and Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang—who is escorting Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in his official China visit—and Politburo member and Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee’s Commission for Political and Legal Affairs Meng Jianzhu, Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun, and Minister of State Security Geng Huichang.

The Chinese officials hailed the Vietnamese delegation’s visit as a milestone in the countries’ comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, which also covers affiliation between their law enforcement bodies.

Both sides applauded substantive developments in their relations across sectors and added outcomes of talks between the nations’ Party leaders and officials provide orientations for the Vietnamese and Chinese ministries to implement their missions towards each country’s security and order as well as regional and international peace, stability, and development.

At the meetings, officials highlighted the encouraging outcomes from the implementation of agreements reached at the fourth conference on cooperation in crime prevention and control held in Beijing in October 2014.

They noted that the two sides have maintained both regular and unscheduled meetings and effectively coordinated in crime prevention and combat, helping ensure their respective security and order along with peace, friendship and sustainable development in border communities.

The Vietnamese ministry and Chinese law enforcement bodies consented to further cooperate in criminal hunting and conducting crackdowns on transnational organised crime, hi-tech crime, drug crime, and human trafficking.

They will also work closely to ensure security for activities marking the 65 th anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic ties while increasing exchanges between law enforcement forces and the younger generation to fuel the traditional friendship and cooperation between the two peoples.

For his part, Minister Quang stressed the Vietnamese ministry attaches special importance to its security cooperation with Chinese law enforcement agencies.

He also congratulated the Chinese Party, Government and people on their significant comprehensive achievements and the contributions from the nation’s law enforcement bodies to that end.

VNA