On February 5, at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son received Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, General Secretary of the China-Vietnam Bilateral Cooperation Steering Committee Nong Dung on the occasion of had a visit and work in Vietnam.
At the meeting, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son sent his warm regards to the leaders of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs; welcomed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nong Dung to visit Vietnam on the occasion of the New Year 2024 and the traditional Giap Thin Tet; Appreciate the purpose of the trip to conduct a meeting with the two General Secretaries of the Vietnam - China Bilateral Cooperation Steering Committee to promote the implementation of the common perception of senior leaders of the two Parties and countries, Deepen cooperation in all fields in 2024.
Minister Bui Thanh Son expressed his joy at the good development trend and historic achievements of the two countries' relations after the mutual visits of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to China at the end of October 10. and General Secretary and President Xi Jinping come to Vietnam in December 2022; emphasized the importance and practical significance of the two sides coordinating to concretize the high-level Joint Declarations, in a drastic, effective and substantive spirit, for the benefit of businesses, localities and people.
Welcoming and appreciating the opinions and suggestions of Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Dung on a number of directions and measures to promote bilateral relations in the coming time, Minister Bui Thanh Son proposed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The two countries need to continue to promote their role as standing agencies of the Vietnam-China Bilateral Cooperation Steering Committee mechanism, actively coordinate overall areas of cooperation, and well implement the Agreement. on further deepening cooperation in the new period between the two Foreign Ministries, focusing on a number of focuses: coordinating to well deploy high-level exchanges and contacts at all levels in 2024; Promote strategic development connections, improve the quality and effectiveness of practical cooperation.
The Minister proposed that China continue to increase imports of Vietnamese goods and agricultural products; coordinate to remove problems in a number of cooperation projects; promote sustainable tourism cooperation; promote people-to-people exchanges and local cooperation; Maintain exchange and coordination in multilateral mechanisms and forums.
Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nong Dung expressed his joy in visiting Vietnam again on the occasion of New Year 2024 and Xuan Giap Thin - the traditional Tet of the two peoples Vietnam - China; Emphasizing that the purpose of this trip to Vietnam is to have extensive and comprehensive exchanges between the two Foreign Ministries on measures, directions and tasks to implement bilateral relations according to the common perception of the two senior leaders. beside.
Reporting to Minister Bui Thanh Son on the good results of the meeting between the two General Secretaries of the Vietnam - China Bilateral Cooperation Steering Committee that took place on February 4, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nong Dung affirmed determined, the Chinese side wishes and is ready to work with Vietnamese agencies to maintain exchanges, close coordination, and promote high-level strategic exchanges through good arrangements for bilateral visits and contacts. Party and State leaders of both sides; strengthen cooperation in the fields of diplomacy - defense - security; continue to deepen practical cooperation in all fields, especially connecting development strategies, cooperation on transport infrastructure, and trade facilitation; Well deploy mechanisms and activities of people-to-people friendship and local cooperation.
Regarding issues at sea, the two sides emphasized the importance of seriously implementing agreements and common perceptions of senior leaders of the two Parties and countries on better controlling and resolving disagreements at sea; fully and effectively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), promote negotiations on the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) to achieve substantive progress.
Minister Bui Thanh Son proposed that the two sides respect each other's legitimate interests, in accordance with international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, contributing to maintaining peace, stability, and development. develop in the region.
