Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met with Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue in Beijing, calling on the two countries to work together to further advance progress in building a China-Vietnam community with a shared future.
While asking Vuong Dinh Hue to convey cordial greetings to Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said that during his visit to Vietnam at the end of last year, he and Nguyen Phu Trong had jointly announced the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, which opened a new chapter in bilateral ties.
With the joint efforts of the two sides, the consensus reached by them is being implemented, Xi added.
Xi said the most distinctive feature of China-Vietnam relations is that the two sides are a like-minded pair bound by a common destiny, and "comrades-plus-brothers" is the most vivid portrayal of the traditional friendship between the Chinese and Vietnamese parties and countries.
He urged joint efforts by the two sides to promote more achievements in building a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, better serve their respective modernization, further benefit their people and make greater contributions to the global socialist cause.
China is willing to scale up the exchange of experience gained in governing both the Party and the country, facilitate the synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Two Corridors and One Economic Circle strategy, and increase exchanges between young people and sister cities.
It is hoped that the legislative bodies of the two sides will deepen exchanges and cooperation at all levels, strengthen mutual learning on legislative supervision experience, and play an important role in enhancing the friendship between the people of the two countries, Xi said.
For his part, Vuong Dinh Hue conveyed the cordial greetings and best wishes from Nguyen Phu Trong to Xi, noting that the CPV and the Vietnamese government highly appreciate China's development and progress, and sincerely admire the historic achievements in socialism with Chinese characteristics since the 18th CPC National Congress. China's two sessions held this year set the goals of developing new quality productive forces, which are innovative moves of socialism and provide useful references for Vietnam, he added.
China will build itself into a great modern socialist country on schedule and make important contributions to world peace, stability and development, he said.
Vietnam firmly adheres to the one-China principle and is resolutely opposed to any form of "Taiwan independence" separatist activities, he said, adding that affairs related to Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Xizang are all China’s internal affairs.
Vietnam regards China as its top strategic priority in its foreign relations, Hue said, adding that the Vietnamese side will follow relevant goals set by Nguyen Phu Trong and Xi to maintain close communications and cooperation with China at various levels and continue to consolidate a high level of political mutual trust.
The Vietnamese National Assembly is ready to keep close communication and exchanges with China's National People's Congress to play a positive role in enhancing the friendship between the people of the two countries and advancing the building of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future, Vuong Dinh Hue said.
Xi meets chairman of Vietnamese National Assembly
