Chinese, Vietnamese officials pledge to promote China-Vietnam community with shared future

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son in Beijing on Tuesday, with both sides pledging to promote the China-Vietnam community with a shared future.

Noting that China and Vietnam are comrades in the socialist cause and good partners on the path of reform, Han said General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam have made strategic plans for advancing the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, providing clear direction for the development of bilateral relations.

Noting that next year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges, Han said the two sides should follow the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, maintain strategic communication, expand practical cooperation, consolidate the foundation of public opinion, strengthen multilateral coordination and promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, bringing more benefits to the two peoples.

Bui Thanh Son said that developing long-term friendly relations with China is the consistent proposition, objective requirement, strategic choice and top priority of Vietnam's diplomacy.

Vietnam firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to strengthen high-level exchanges, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation with China, and jointly promote the building of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future with strategic significance, he added.

Chinese, Vietnamese officials pledge to promote China-Vietnam community with shared future

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Sino-Japanese Buddhist Exhibition of Calligraphy and Painting, themed "Binding Together in Destiny", was unveiled at Todai-ji in Nara, Japan, on Tuesday.

The exhibition features 70 paintings and calligraphy works created by Chinese and Japanese Buddhists and artists . It also includes a donation ceremony in which 26 Chinese artists donated their works to Tōdai-ji.

“This exhibition is themed 'Binding Together in Destiny'. The concepts of walking forward together with one will and binding together in the future are central to our hopes. We wish for everlasting friendship between Chinese and Japanese Buddhist circles, and between the people of both nations,” said Cao Shuhong, secretary general of the Buddhist Association of Shanghai.

Following the opening ceremony, a vegetarian cuisine tasting event was held, featuring over 50 dishes from Longhua Temple in Shanghai. The event highlighted the rich culture of Chinese vegetarian cuisine, which was warmly received by guests. The exhibition will run until Dec 19, 2024.

Sino-Japanese Buddhist art exhibition held in Japan