HCM City wants to bolster ties with China’s Hunan province
Ho Chi Minh City wants to enhance delegation exchanges and step up cooperative relations with China’s Hunan province, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has said.
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong (R) and Secretary of the Party Committee of China's Hunan province Du Jiahao (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City wants to enhance delegationexchanges and step up cooperative relations with China’s Hunan province,Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has said.
Hosting a reception for Secretary ofthe Party Committee of Hunan province Du Jiahao on December 1, Phong said thatboth sides have huge potential for cooperation in tourism, trade andinvestment, contributing to socio-economic development in each nation.
On the basis of the thriving Vietnam-China relations, Ho Chi Minh City haspromoted the exchange of delegations and partnership in trade, investment and tourismwith eight localities in China, he underlined.
Phong expressed his hope that the Hunan leader’s visit will serve as a catalystfor Ho Chi Minh City and Hunan to further their cooperative ties.
Du, for his part, said that his visit aims to concretise cooperation agreementsreached between General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong andGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinpingduring Xi’s visit to Vietnam in 2017.
Hunan will join hands with other Chinese localities to intensify cooperationwith Vietnamese partners, helping branch out the friendship and cooperationbetween the two Parties, States and peoples.
Congratulating Ho Chi Minh City for its socio-economic achievements in the pasttime, Du said he expects the city will become an economic, financial, trade andlogistic hub not only of Vietnam but also of the region.
Hunan hopes to enhance cooperation with the Vietnamese city in the fields ofboth sides’ strengths like tourism, infrastructure development, information andelectronics.
Chinese investors have poured 157 million USD in 225 projects in Ho Chi MinhCity, ranking 19th among 100 countries and territories havinginvestment in the city. Last year, HCM City’s trade with China stood at 16billion USD. China is one of the five biggest sources of visitors to Ho ChiMinh City.-VNA
Attracting resources from international businesses and investors, including those from China, is very important to HCM City as the city has been making efforts to bring its development to a new level.
Ho Chi Minh City and China’s Shandong province aim to facilitate bilateral trade by holding more networking events, encouraging investments between both sides, and signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), promising more support in the future.
Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, on August 22 asked China’s Shaanxi province to enhance cooperation with Vietnamese localities and improve the efficiency of collaboration in economy, trade, tourism, and culture.
Vietnam and China sought to develop tourism cooperation at a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 6 as part of the 14th International Travel Expo (ITE).
Vietnamese Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung held talks with his Chinese counterpart Liu Kun in Beijing on November 27 as part of his working visit to China from November 25-30.
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.
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The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
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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The achievements of the five decades of Vietnam–Angola cooperation provide a strong and enduring foundation, as well as momentum for the two sides to consolidate, expand, and bring their partnership into a new phase of development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed that the emulation and commendation work is a vital driver, fostering patriotism, dedication, and collective momentum in the run-up to the 11th National Patriotic Emulation Congress, Party congresses at all levels, and the 14th National Party Congress.
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Politburo member, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 8 attended the first congress of the Party Organisation of Tay Ho ward of Hanoi for the 2025–2030 term, during which he called for fresh momentum to turn the ward into a model that takes the lead in all fields.
The size of the economy increased from over 5 billion USD in 1986 to over 476 billion USD by 2024, making Vietnam the fourth-largest economy in Southeast Asia and the 34th largest in the world.
The ASEAN flag-hoisting ceremony is observed by the 10 ASEAN member countries on August 8 every year, aiming to spread and promote the ASEAN identity and affirm the determination to unite and cooperate for the common aspiration of long-term peace and prosperity of Southeast Asian countries under the common roof of the ASEAN Community.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Cuong highlighted ASEAN’s nearly six decades of development, during which the region transformed from division to harmony, from confrontation to cooperation, and from poverty to dynamic growth, becoming a global bright spot for regional cooperation.
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong (R) and Secretary of the Party Committee of China's Hunan province Du Jiahao (Photo: VNA) 
