Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Le Hoai Trung, special envoy of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam, in Beijing on Tuesday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, extended congratulations to the CPV on the successful convening of its 14th National Congress.
Wang said that China is willing to work with Vietnam to follow the important consensus reached between the top leaders of the two parties and countries, grasp the strategic nature of bilateral relations, enhance the mutual benefits of bilateral cooperation, and highlight the particularity of the China-Vietnam friendship.
China is also ready to work with Vietnam to strengthen high-level exchange, enhance strategic mutual trust, deepen connectivity, expand practical cooperation in such areas as sci-tech innovation, digital transformation and artificial intelligence, run successful activities such as “Red Study Tours,” strengthen cultural and people-to-people exchange, and continuously promote the construction of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, he said.
Wang called on China and Vietnam to unite and cooperate closely, coordinate development and security, and resolutely safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core, as well as the international order based on international law. He said both countries should protect their own legitimate rights and interests, as well as the common interests of the Global South, and work together to become forces for peace, stability and development in the face of rapid changes unseen in a century.
Trung, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPV Central Committee and minister of foreign affairs of Vietnam, said that Vietnam has always regarded its relations with China as its top priority and strategic choice, adhered firmly to the one-China policy, and opposed any form of “Taiwan independence” separatism.
Vietnam is ready to work with China to plan the next stage of high-level exchange and promote cooperation in areas including economy, trade, investment and emerging fields. It also anticipates close multilateral coordination and cooperation, and the joint elevation of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China, he added.
