(Dan Tri) - After General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away, Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hung Ba sent his deepest condolences and emphasized his emotional memories with the General Secretary.
Chinese Ambassador Hung Ba presented his credentials to General Secretary andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong in November 2018 (Photo: Chinese Embassy in Vietnam).
On July 19, after a period of illness, despite the Party, State, professors and doctors' devoted treatment and the wholehearted care of his family, due to old age and serious illness, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away at 1:38 p.m. at the 108 Central Military Hospital. Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hung Ba shared memories and great contributions of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to promoting the Vietnam-China friendship. "Great leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam " Ambassador Hung Ba sent his deepest condolences on the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. The Ambassador said that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China had sent a message of condolence to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, respectfully remembering General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. "General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is a staunch Marxist and a great leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese people. He was elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam at the 11th, 12th and 13th National Congresses of the Party and is highly supported and loved by the Vietnamese people," the Chinese diplomat said. According to Ambassador Hung Ba, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong highly values the combination of Marxism with Vietnam's revolutionary cause. Over the past ten years, he has led the Party, Government and people of Vietnam to make important contributions to the development of Vietnam's socialist cause. "General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is not only an outstanding politician, but also a great theorist, deeply aware and clear-headed about the need for Vietnam to adhere to the Party's leadership and steadfastly follow the path of socialism, leaving a deep impression on me," he emphasized. The Chinese Ambassador commented that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attaches great importance to strengthening the work of preventing and combating corruption and the work of Party building and rectification. Under the leadership of the General Secretary, the work of preventing and combating corruption has been carried out with an "uncompromising" attitude and achieved many important results, firmly ensuring the maintenance of social security and order and following the socialist path suitable to the situation in Vietnam. On the other hand, Ambassador Hung Ba said that under the leadership of the Party Central Committee headed by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's diplomacy has achieved important achievements, just as General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said about Vietnam "never before has had the foundation, potential, prestige and international position like today". The Chinese diplomat emphasized that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong proposed to persistently implement "bamboo diplomacy", emphasizing "firm roots", that is, it is necessary to persevere in the leadership of the Party, persistently follow the path of socialism, and at the same time be flexible in terms of strategy, on the basis of maintaining independence and autonomy, actively developing friendly relations with countries around the world. "We see that Vietnamese diplomacy emphasizes the priority of developing relations with neighboring countries, major countries and traditional friendly partners. At the same time, Vietnam firmly supports true multilateralism, attaches importance to protecting international fairness and justice, opposes politicization of human rights issues, and opposes interference in the internal affairs of other countries. The Chinese side highly appreciates this", said Mr. Hung Ba. Emotional memories with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese Ambassador Hung Ba at Huu Nghi International Border Gate (Photo: VNA).
Mr. Hung Ba has been the Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam for more than 5 years and he said that he has received great support and assistance from General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during his tenure. After taking office in 2018, the Ambassador had the honor of meeting General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong many times, and had the opportunity to listen to his important and profound opinions on developing relations between the two Parties and the two countries of China and Vietnam. He felt very impressed by this. The most memorable memory for Ambassador Hung Ba was on August 25 last year, when he accepted the invitation of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to visit the Friendship Border Gate in Lang Son province in the border area between the two countries. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong repeatedly said that the Vietnam-China Friendship Border Gate is unique in the world, spreading an important message to the people of the two countries and the international community that the traditional friendship between China and Vietnam is unique. "I and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong replanted the Vietnam-China Friendship Tree. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said very emotionally that this friendship tree has roots as strong as the Vietnam-China relationship. Under the care of the people of the two countries, this friendship tree will certainly grow strong. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong personally promoted the traditional friendship between the two countries, which moved me deeply," said Mr. Hung Ba.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping take a photo together during the Chinese leader's visit to Vietnam in December 2023 (Photo: Dinh Trong Hai).
According to Ambassador Hung Ba, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is a close comrade and sincere friend of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people. He has inherited and developed the traditional friendship of "both comrade and brother" between the two Parties and the two countries of China and Vietnam, and has forged a warm friendship with the Communist Party of China and the Chinese leader. Mr. Hung Ba said that since taking office as General Secretary, Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong has made significant contributions to promoting the development of the relationship between the two Parties and the two countries of China and Vietnam, especially having made three historic mutual visits with General Secretary Xi Jinping, together guiding the development of the relationship between the two Parties and the two countries of China and Vietnam in the new era, playing an important and irreplaceable role. In the past two years, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited China right after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, warmly welcoming General Secretary Xi Jinping on a state visit to Vietnam at the end of last year. "The General Secretaries of the two Parties jointly declared the building of a community of shared future between China and Vietnam, which has strategic significance, defining a new position for the relationship between the two countries in the new era, promoting the relationship between the two Parties and the two countries to a new historical height. We acknowledge and highly appreciate it, and will never forget it," Mr. Hung Ba emphasized.Dantri.com.vn
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