Xi says upgrade of China-Vietnam ties sends signal of solidarity, joint development

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, said in Hanoi on Wednesday that the agreement to build a China-Vietnam community with a shared future carrying strategic significance sends out a positive signal of the two socialist countries' commitment to solidarity, friendship and joint development.

Xi made the remarks when he met with Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue.

Under the new situation, China and Vietnam should continue to view their relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, and move forward firmly along the path of friendship and cooperation, Xi stressed.

He urged the two sides to strengthen high-level strategic communication, closely exchange experiences in party and national governance, explore the theory and practice of socialist construction, safeguard their common strategic interests, and ensure that the bilateral relations are always on the right track.

Xi called for efforts to promote pragmatic cooperation. The two sides should implement the results of this visit, strengthen cooperation in areas including connectivity, industrial and supply chains, and green economy, he said.

The two sides should also properly manage their differences and steadily advance maritime cooperation, especially in joint development, Xi said.

Noting that China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the National Assembly of Vietnam have maintained good contacts and strengthened exchanges and cooperation at all levels in recent years, Xi called for the two legislatures to deepen exchanges and cooperation, learn from each other's useful experience in legislative oversight, make greater efforts for the mutual understanding between the two peoples.

Vuong Dinh Hue said that the relationship between the National Assembly of Vietnam and China's NPC is an important component of the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

The National Assembly of Vietnam will earnestly implement the important consensus between the general secretaries of the two parties, strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the NPC in the areas including democracy, rule of law, anti-corruption, to further gather consensus from all walks of life, consolidate the traditional friendship and strategic mutual trust between the two countries, and strengthen the foundation of public opinion for the building of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future.