Hanoi leader meets with China’s top political advisor
Dinh Tien Dung, Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, paid a courtesy call to Wang Huning, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), in Beijing on September 28.
At the meeting between Dinh Tien Dung, Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee and Wang Huning, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on September 28. (Photo: VNA)
Beijing (VNA) – Dinh Tien Dung, Politburomember and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee paid acourtesy call to Wang Huning, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the ChinesePeople’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), in Beijing on September 28.
Dung informed his host on the aims of his delegation’s visit toChina, which are to further concretise and implement the shared understandingbetween the top leaders of the two countries and parties reached during GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong’s official trip to China last year, and to carry outthe cooperation agreements signed between Hanoi and Beijing.
To further strengthen and deepen the Vietnam-China comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership, the Hanoi leader proposed enhancing high-level exchanges and contacts to promote political trust, increasing friendly exchanges among their central-level Party units and cooperating in theoretical and practical research on Party building and governance of the country.
Dung suggested that both sides actively exchange ideas andseek measures to promote economic, trade, and investment relations in a balancedand sustainable manner, and explore new cooperation areas that align with theirstrengths and needs such as digital transformation, green transition, cleanenergy, environmental protection, and climate change response.
It is also necessary to intensify people-to-people exchangesand provide stronger support for comprehensive collaboration between Hanoi and China’sBeijing, Guangdong province, and Guangzhou city in personnel training,trade-investment, healthcare, science-technology, education, and urbanmanagement and development, he added.
Wang acknowledged significant progress in bilateral cooperation, bringing about tangible benefits tothe two peoples and contributing to peace and stability regionally and globally.
For further growth of the relations, Wang recommendedenhancing strategic exchanges and political trust between the nations and cooperationbetween their parties, particularly in delegation and experience exchanges and personneltraining. He expressed his full support for collaboration and exchanges betweenthe nations’ local-level Party agencies, including those of Hanoi and Beijing.
The official lauded the Communist Party of Vietnam's new theoretical achievements and stressed the readiness of the Communist Party of China to share its new theoretical achievements after the 20th National Party Congress. Hehoped that Vietnam and China will promote connections in development strategiesand cooperation in areas where both sides have needs, such as digital economyand green development./.
With major efforts from both sides, the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership has continued to make important progress in all fields over recent years.
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At the meeting between Dinh Tien Dung, Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee and Wang Huning, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing on September 28. (Photo: VNA) 
