China and Vietnam pledge cooperation amid global changes

Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Sunday that China is ready to work with Vietnam to firmly advance the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, jointly meet external challenges, and better achieve common development.

He made the remarks while meeting Tran Thanh Man, chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam. Li noted that, in recent years, China-Vietnam relations have maintained a momentum of sound and steady development, with the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future advancing in depth and substance.

Amid accelerating changes unseen in a century, Li said that China is ready to work with Vietnam to follow the strategic consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and countries, carry forward the traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, and strengthen solidarity and cooperation.

China is willing to enhance exchanges and cooperation with Vietnam's legislative bodies, strengthen coordination and collaboration in multilateral fields, and provide solid support for each other's socialist development, Li added.

Li expressed hope that the legislatures of the two countries will strongly support practical cooperation across various fields, focus more on innovation, and provide legal guarantees to bolster China-Vietnam cooperation in emerging industries such as the digital economy, new energy and 5G. Both countries can work together to cultivate and strengthen new drivers of development, he said. Li also emphasized the importance of public guidance to enhance mutual understanding and goodwill between the two peoples, especially among the younger generation, and continue consolidating the social foundation for bilateral cooperation.

Tran Thanh Man congratulated China on its comprehensive development achievements in recent years. He expressed his belief that, under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, China would achieve further progress on its path to modernization.

Vietnam has always regarded China as a priority and a strategic partner in its foreign relations, and will, in line with the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and countries, strengthen exchanges with China at all levels and across all fields. He added that Vietnam aims to deepen the traditional friendship, consolidate political mutual trust, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas, and inject new impetus into bilateral relations.

The Vietnamese National Assembly is committed to maintaining close exchanges with China's National People's Congress, strengthening the exchange of experience in building socialist rule of law, and playing an active role in promoting people-to-people friendship and the Vietnam-China community with a shared future, Tran Thanh Man said.