Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong arrived in Chinese Yunnan province’s Kunming city on April 9 during his official visit to China from April 7.

Earlier, he met with executives from Chinese companies investing in Vietnam in Beijing.

Talking to representatives of the Huawei Technologies group, the Vietnamese leader congratulated the firm on its achievements in business activities, including yielding 46 billion USD in revenue in 2014 and the development of environmentally friendly technology solutions.

He spoke highly of Huawei’s cooperation with Vietnam’s telecommunications companies and its assistance in telecommunication personnel training in the Southeast Asian country.

He expressed his hope that Huawei will continue its cooperation projects in Vietnam, ultimately benefiting businesses and contributing to Vietnam’s socio-economic development and the two countries’ relations.

The Huawei group began its operations in Vietnam in 1998 and set up the Huawei Technologies (Vietnam) Co. Ltd a decade later.

It has coordinated with Vietnamese telecommunication partners to train some 4,650 technology engineers. The firm is also carrying out a blueprint on developing its information and communication technology personnel until 2017.

In another meeting with executives of the Zhongxing Telecommunications Corporation, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong valued the enterprise’s efforts in implementing cooperation projects in communications and railway signals, adding he hopes the firm and Vietnam will bolster collaboration and exchange in scientific research.

Zhongxing, with representative offices in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Can Tho, has carried out nearly 50 projects in Vietnam, including a project upgrading the signal system of three railway routes in the north of the country.

Its representatives thanked the Vietnamese Government for creating favourable conditions for the firm’s operations and said it hopes for further support in the implementation of phase II of the railway signal modernisation project.

Party chief meets Yunnan officials during China visit

Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received Secretary of the Yunnan provincial Party Committee Li Ji Heng and other provincial officials upon his arrival in the provincial capital city of Kunming on April 9.

At the reception, Secretary Li spoke highly of the outcomes of the Vietnamese Party leader’s China visit, such as the signing a number of cooperation documents and the agreement on numerous important perceptions to create a new momentum for bilateral ties development.

Yunnan will do its utmost to follow mutually agreed perceptions in order to continually nurture the friendship and cooperation between China and Vietnam and between the province and Vietnamese localities in particular, he said.

He continued by affirming that Yunnan always treasures its ties with Vietnam and wishes to strengthen its relations with Vietnamese localities for their people’s practical benefit and happiness.

The Vietnamese Party chief congratulated Yunnan province on its socio-economic development achievements, believing that untapped potential and favourable conditions will enable Yunnan to grow further.

He also expressed hope for closer cooperation between Yunnan and Vietnamese localities, especially those sharing the border.

Earlier, the Party leader met the staff of the Vietnamese Consulate General and representatives of the Vietnamese community in the Kunming city, where he informed them of his visit results.

He said he hopes that the Consulate General will do more to bridge Vietnamese localities and Yunnan, which is China’s south and southwest gateway and borders Vietnam’s Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Ha Giang and Dien Bien provinces.

He also wished that the Vietnamese community in Yunnan continue supporting each other and help foster the Vietnam-China friendship.

The Party chief also visited Kunming Urban Planning Museum.-

VNA