HÀ NỘI — General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of the Chinese Party and State left Hà Nội on Wednesday afternoon, concluding their successful two-day state visit to Việt Nam.
The visit was made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng and his spouse, and President of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam Võ Văn Thưởng and his spouse.
Vương Đình Huệ, Politburo member and Chairman of the National Assembly of Việt Nam; Phan Đình Trạc, Politburo member, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs; Lê Hoài Trung, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations, and other Vietnamese officials saw the Chinese delegation off at the Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội.
During their stay in Việt Nam, Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his entourage laid a wreath and paid tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi.
Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping held talks with all four highest leaders of Việt Nam.
Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping looked back on the development of the relations between the two Parties and two countries, and shared the view that the traditional friendship featuring comradeship plus brotherhood set up and cultivated by President Hồ Chí Minh, President Mao Zedong and older-generation leaders, is the valuable asset shared by the two peoples, and it should be constantly inherited and promoted.
They said 15 years since the two countries established a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in 2008 and with the motto of “friendly neighbourliness, comprehensive cooperation, long-term stability, looking toward the future” and the spirit of “good neighbours, good friends, good comrades, good partners”, cooperation in various fields has made positive and comprehensive progress, and the relations between the two Parties and countries have been expanded and deepened continuously.
The two sides agreed to build a Việt Nam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, and make efforts for happiness of the two countries’ people, and for peace and progress of humankind, in line with the United Nations Charter and international law, and on the basis of mutual respect, equal and mutual beneficial cooperation, and respect for each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and persist with the settlement of differences through peaceful measures.
Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping were introduced to the 36 cooperation documents signed between ministries, agencies and localities of both sides.
Vietnamese President Võ Văn Thưởng held talks with Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping. The two leaders affirmed the fruitful results of the talks with many important common perceptions between Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.
They held that the new positioning of the Việt Nam-China relations and the six pillars of cooperation established by the two General Secretaries have clearly shown the direction, opening up a period of good cooperation between the two Parties and two countries in the new period.
President Võ Văn Thưởng expressed his hope that the two sides will increase exchanges and the sharing of experience in national construction and development, and enhance practical cooperation in spheres, especially in trade and investment, making it grow more healthily and effectively.
The visit took place at a time when the two countries are celebrating the 15th founding anniversary of their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. The trip marked a new historic milestone in the Việt Nam-China relations.
The two sides issued a joint statement on continuing to deepen and elevate the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, and building a Việt Nam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
Over the past 15 years since the two countries established their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in 2008, the bilateral cooperation in all fields has achieved positive and comprehensive progress. Entering the new era, the Việt Nam-China relations are constantly expanding and deepening, especially Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping invited Party General Secretary Trọng to pay the historic visit to China after the closing of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, promoting the Việt Nam-China relationship to a new height.
Looking towards the future, the Chinese side highlighted its consistent policy of friendship with ViệtNam, considering Việt Nam a priority in its neighbourhood diplomacy.
The Vietnamese side affirmed that the Việt Nam-China relationship is always a top priority in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation, and diversification of external ties. It is a strategic choice of both sides.
