Vietnamese, Chinese Party leaders exchange Lunar New Year greetings
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 2 exchanged greetings on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival celebrated by people in both countries.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping take a picture together at their talks on December 12, 2023, as part of the latter's State visit to Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 2 exchanged greetings on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival celebrated by people in both countries.
In their well-wishing letters, the leaders expressed delight at the positive development trend andsignificant progress in the relations between the two Parties andthe two countries across all fields following the Vietnamese Party chief’shistoric visit to China in October 2022 immediately after the 20th National Congress of theCPC.
They particularly valued the significance and diverseoutcomes of the State-level visit to Vietnam by the Chinese Party and State leader in December2023, which included the issuance of a joint statement on continuing deepeningand elevating the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between thetwo countries and building a Vietnam-China community with a shared future thatcarries strategic significance, and the signing of 36cooperation agreements, demonstrating both sides' determination and laying astrategic orientation for the long-term development of the bilateral ties inthe new period.
Looking towards 2024, Party General Secretary Trongexpressed his wish that all sectors, administrations at all levels, and localities of both countries will grasp and effectively implement the high-level agreements and common perceptions already reached, promoting the healthy, stable, and extensive development of theVietnam-China relationship in a substantive and efficient manner, for thedevelopment and interests of the two peoples and contributing to peace,stability, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Xi Jinping, meanwhile, noted his hope that both sides will take the bilateral relations to new heights and promote high-quality exchanges and cooperation across channels,levels, and fields, thus providing further impetus for the modernisation causes of thenations and making greater contributions to the cause of peace and progress ofhumanity.
The two leaders wished theParties, States, and peoples of both countries peace, health and happiness in the year ahead, with Vietnam and China obtaining greater prosperity anddevelopment./.
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping take a picture together at their talks on December 12, 2023, as part of the latter's State visit to Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) 
