In recent days, the Global Times, a publication of the People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, has published many articles and information related to the State visit of General Secretary andPresident To Lam to China.
On August 20, an article in the Global Times titled “Consolidating the ‘6 more’ direction in Vietnam-China relations” quoted the statement of General Secretary and President Xi Jinping during his meeting with General Secretary and President To Lam , emphasizing that the first State visit to China, which is also the first foreign visit of General Secretary and President To Lam as the head of the Party and State of Vietnam, is of utmost importance, demonstrating the high regard and top priority of the two Parties and two countries for the Vietnam-China relationship, saying that this is an important time for the two countries to bring bilateral relations to a new level, going deeper and more substantive in all aspects.
General Secretary and President Xi Jinping pointed out that in the face of changes in the world, the times and history, China and Vietnam have maintained rapid economic growth and long-term social stability, demonstrating the superiority of the socialist regime and the vitality of the socialist cause.
China considers Vietnam a top priority in neighboring diplomacy, supports Vietnam in upholding the Party's leadership, following the socialist path suitable to the country's conditions, and further promoting the cause of reform, opening up, and socialist modernization.
At a crucial stage for the development and revitalization of each country, China and Vietnam must build a Community of Shared Future along the direction of “6 more” development.
The article said that in recent years, in addition to maintaining close high-level strategic and diplomatic exchanges, the two sides have also actively promoted cooperation in connecting the “Belt and Road” initiative with the “Two Corridors, One Belt” framework.
The international community is particularly interested in Vietnam-China cooperation in the fields of railway connectivity, highways and border gate infrastructure.
In an interview with the Global Times, Professor Phan Kim Nga, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of Vietnam have built a close relationship since the early stages of the Party's founding, with similarities in beliefs and ideals.
This traditional friendship has a long history, demonstrating the deep friendship, mutual assistance, and joint exploration of the path to national development between the people of the two countries.
Mr. Vu Huong Dong, Director of the Institute of Vietnamese Studies at Zhengzhou University (China), emphasized that Vietnam's foreign policy towards China is part of the overall foreign policy and national development strategy, with both strategic needs for socio-economic development and national modernization, and political requirements to persist in the socialist orientation and leadership of the Party.
In the complex context of today's world, both China and Vietnam wish to promote the development and prosperity of the world economy and the globalization process.
Citing information that the two sides signed 14 cooperation documents within the framework of the visit, the article emphasized that these are important premises for the two sides to strengthen economic connectivity, especially through railway connectivity to reach markets in Central Asia and Europe.
Mr. Vu Huong Dong said that in the context of the two countries building a Community of Shared Future with strategic significance, cooperation will increasingly go into depth and comprehensiveness, in which infrastructure construction is the core and central content.
The two sides' promotion of infrastructure connectivity will create a foundation for increasingly closer bilateral economic and trade exchanges.
According to Nanning Customs (Guangxi Province), the province's import and export to Vietnam maintained a strong growth rate of more than 30% in the first seven months of this year.
In an interview with Global Times, a representative of Nanning Customs said that Guangxi and Vietnam are geographically close and have close economic and trade cooperation.
In the first seven months of this year, Guangxi's imports and exports to Vietnam increased by 32% year-on-year, accounting for 41.3% of Guangxi's total foreign trade turnover in the same period.
In a commentary titled “Expecting a stable and developing Vietnam-China relationship,” the Global Times emphasized that this is the first foreign visit of General Secretary and President To Lam in his new position, demonstrating the positive wishes of both sides to promote more fruitful results in bilateral relations on the basis of building a Community of Shared Future of strategic significance. The visit also received the attention and expectations of the international community.
The article said that in recent years, practical cooperation between China and Vietnam in many fields has achieved remarkable results and is increasingly being promoted.
Chinese enterprises participate in solar power projects and urban railway infrastructure in Vietnam. The number of freight trains between the two countries has increased dramatically in terms of trips and cargo volume, and both sides have promoted the construction of smart border gates and the connection of land border gate infrastructure.
Currently, Chinese branded home appliances and smartphones have a high penetration rate in the Vietnamese market, while Vietnamese agricultural products such as watermelon and durian are widely welcomed in the Chinese market due to their additional seasonal advantages.
The friendship that has been carefully cultivated by generations of leaders of the two Parties and two countries has brought practical benefits to the people of the two countries.
The article affirms that the positive and long-term development of Vietnam-China relations in accordance with the needs of the two countries and their people is also a model for countries in implementing neighborly diplomacy, pointing out the direction for the development of bilateral relations and peace, stability and development in the region; at the same time, expressing the expectation that the bilateral relations will achieve new progress with many exchange and cooperation activities in all fields and at all levels, promoting the modernization process and bringing new development opportunities for the two countries and Asian countries./.
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