National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue holds talks with Chinese National Assembly Chairman

According to the National Assembly Office, at the talks, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue proposed that China facilitate the early establishment of Vietnam Trade Promotion Offices in Chengdu (Sichuan), Haikou (Hainan) and Nanjing (Jiangsu); continue to expand the import of Vietnamese goods, agricultural and aquatic products, soon negotiate and sign a Framework Agreement on rice trade; effectively implement the pilot construction of smart border gates, improve the efficiency of customs clearance of goods, and facilitate Vietnamese goods transiting by Chinese railway to third countries via the Asia-Europe railway.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hopes that the two sides will jointly build a new investment image of large, capable, prestigious, and technological Chinese enterprises in Vietnam, while at the same time coordinating to thoroughly resolve difficulties in a number of cooperation projects, speed up the implementation of China's non-refundable aid to Vietnam, and study cooperation in building a number of standard gauge railway projects on the Hanoi - Lao Cai, Hanoi - Quang Ninh, and Hanoi - Lang Son sections.

Chairman Zhao Leji affirmed that China is willing to deepen substantive cooperation with Vietnam, expand trade and investment cooperation, strengthen strategic development connectivity, and implement high-quality development; strengthen strategic connectivity between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Two Corridors, One Belt, focusing on building infrastructure, road and railway transport, and smart border gates, contributing to improving customs clearance efficiency.

Chairman Zhao Leji emphasized that the two sides need to promote cooperation to ensure supply chains, production chains, digital economy, green economy, new energy, key minerals, 5G; affirmed that China has a positive attitude towards opening new representative offices and trade promotion offices of Vietnam in Chinese localities; requested that ministries and branches of both sides coordinate to handle and satisfactorily resolve outstanding issues in cooperation projects between the two countries in a constructive and goodwill spirit. Chairman Zhao Leji said that the two sides need to continue spreading positive stories about the Vietnam-China friendship.

Regarding cooperation between the two legislative bodies, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue suggested that the National Assembly of Vietnam and the National People's Congress of China increase the exchange of delegations at all levels of the National Assembly, National Assembly deputies, People's Councils/People's Congresses of the two countries' localities; increase the exchange and sharing of experiences on the activities of the National Assembly and its agencies, experiences in perfecting the Party's leadership methods for the state, building a socialist rule-of-law state, building and perfecting economic and social development policy institutions; strengthen the supervisory role of the legislative bodies of the two countries in urging ministries, branches and localities of the two sides to implement signed documents and agreements, the role of National Assembly/People's Congress deputies, members of the Vietnam-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Group in promoting friendship, consolidating consensus among the people, and building a good social foundation for the relationship between the two countries.

Speaker Zhao Leji expressed his satisfaction with the good cooperation between the two legislative bodies. The two sides signed two cooperation documents and agreed to establish a cooperation committee co-chaired by the Chairman of the National Assembly and the Speaker of the National People's Congress, forming a cooperation mechanism at the highest level, demonstrating the level of development of cooperation between the two legislative bodies in the overall good relationship between the two countries.

Chairman Zhao Leji expressed his hope that the two sides would make good use of this mechanism, increase exchanges between leaders of the National Assembly and the NPC, specialized committees, and friendship groups of parliamentarians to share experiences in legislative work, supervision, and national management, better serve the cause of building socialism in each country, and contribute to promoting the China-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership to continuously develop in the coming time.

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