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22:02, 23-Oct-2018
President Xi congratulates Nguyen Phu Trong on election as Vietnamese president
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21:14, 26-Oct-2018
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Chinese President Xi Jinping extended congratulations to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on being elected as the Vietnamese president in a message on Tuesday.
China and Vietnam are friendly neighbors and important partners, President Xi said in the message, hailing the long history of traditional friendship between the two countries.
President Xi also noted a series of important consensus reached by him and Trong, calling China and Vietnam have seen steadily developed ties, closer exchanges, deepened pragmatic cooperation and tangible benefits.
The Chinese president said he highly values China-Vietnam ties and is willing to strengthen bilateral relations.
Xi encouraged the two countries to enhance the comprehensive strategic cooperation to a higher level following the principle of "long-term stability, future-oriented, good-neighborliness and comprehensive cooperation" and in the spirit of "good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners."
(Cover: Nguyen Phu Trong. /VCG File Photo)