Chinese press highlights Vietnamese Party chief’s visit
China highly evaluates the upcoming visit to China by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, the Xinhua News Agency quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang as saying.
Vietnamese Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed China's Party General Secretary Xi Jinping in Hanoi in November 2015 (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – China highlyevaluates the upcoming visit to China by General Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, the Xinhua NewsAgency quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang as saying.
The visit will be made at the invitation of GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and State PresidentXi Jinping.
During the visit, scheduled to take place from January12-15, Chinese leaders and senior CPC officials will have separate meetingswith the VietnameseParty chief to discuss bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern.
Lu told a press briefing on January 9 that China wants to build good and stablerelations with Vietnam.
The spokesperson also affirmed that China is willing towork with Vietnam to promote the bilateral traditional friendship, increase theexchange of strategic views and mutual political trust, deepen practicalcooperation and foster the sustainable, sound and stable development ofbilateral relations.
Also on January 9, the Global Times, a daily newspaper under the People’s Daily – theofficial organ ofthe CPC - ran an editorial, commenting that the Vietnamese Party chief’s visitto China will reinforce the friendship between the two countries.
The newspaper recalled the recent visits to China by General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong in 2015, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Standing member of theCPV Central Committee’s Secretariat Dinh The Huynh in2016.
The relationship between the CPC and the CPV is aspecial pillar of China-Vietnam relations, helping to further develop the comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership between the two nations, the articleaffirmed.-VNA
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The central city of Da Nang is the next destination on the ongoing tour of Vietnam by Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to China from January 12-15, according to the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations.
The upcoming visit to China of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is aimed at defining the long-term direction for the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations future.
State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
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The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
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Vietnamese Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed China's Party General Secretary Xi Jinping in Hanoi in November 2015 (Source: VNA) 
