Hanoi (VNA)🐼 – The Vietnamese Party and State attach special importance to developing stable, healthy, sustainable and long-term relations with China, considering it a consistent guideline, a strategic choice and a top priority in its overall foreign policy, said National Assembly Vice Chairman Tran Quang Phuong.

During a reception in Hanoi on June 17 for Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Fu Ziying, Phuong said over the past years, ties between the two Parties and countries have been growing strongly, both in width and depth, evidenced by the regular exchange of all-level delegations, dialogues, consultations and close coordination at regional and global inter-parliamentary forums. According to him, both sides agreed on major directions for cooperation between the legislative bodies, and signed a new cooperation agreement with updated content, providing a legal framework to elevate the bilateral cooperative relationship. Phuong proposed continued engagement at all levels, including regular meetings, effective implementation of existing cooperation mechanisms, and deeper collaboration in various fields. He also advocated for increased exchanges between localities, people-to-people interactions, and knowledge sharing related to legislative functions. Fu, for his part, said the China-Vietnam traditional friendship, founded and nurtured by generations of leaders, is an invaluable common asset of the two countries’ Parties, States and people, which should be inherited and upheld in the time ahead. Affirming that China always considers developing relations with Vietnam a priority direction in its neighbourhood diplomacy, Fu stressed that in the future, a crucial priority is to realise the shared perceptions reached by leaders of both Parties and States, inherite and promote the bilateral traditional friendship, toward further elevating the bilateral comprehensive cooperative partnership and building the strategic China-Vietnam community with a shared future. He believed that continued efforts and concrete actions will lead to a flourishing partnership that benefits the people of both countries./.