China always attaches great importance to its relationship with Vietnam.

China attaches great importance to its relationship with Vietnam.

On the afternoon of April 14, at the Party Central Committee headquarters, right after the official welcoming ceremony, General Secretary To Lam held talks with General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping.

General Secretary To Lam and General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping

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General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping expressed his joy at revisiting Vietnam, a "brotherly comrade" country, and said that choosing Vietnam as the first destination of his first foreign trip this year fully demonstrated the high regard the Chinese Party and State attach to the bilateral relationship and the deep affection between the two countries.

General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping affirmed that he is ready to work with General Secretary To Lam and key leaders of Vietnam to discuss in depth the directions and measures to consolidate the tradition of friendship, define the vision for building a China-Vietnam Community of Shared Future with strategic significance in the direction of "6 more", and together move forward steadily, contributing to the human community.

General Secretary To Lam emphasized that Vietnam always considers developing relations with China an objective requirement, a strategic choice and a top priority in Vietnam's overall foreign policy.

General Secretary and President Xi Jinping affirmed that China persists in its policy of friendship with Vietnam, always considers Vietnam a priority direction in its neighborly diplomacy, and always supports Vietnam's prosperous development and people's happiness.

The two sides agreed that the relationship between the two Parties and countries has recently made many remarkable developments in the direction of "6 more", with close strategic exchanges at high and all levels, substantial cooperation in many fields making much progress, especially economic and trade cooperation growing positively; the foundation of friendship has been more firmly consolidated, with many bright spots in cooperation; the two sides cooperate well in multilateral mechanisms, maintaining exchanges on outstanding issues in a spirit of sincerity and openness.

Regarding the direction of developing relations in the coming time, the two sides agreed to maintain regular high-level exchanges, upgrade the Strategic Dialogue mechanism between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs - National Defense - Public Security to the ministerial level; strengthen substantive cooperation in various fields, establish a Railway Cooperation Committee between the two Governments to promote railway cooperation; well organize the activities of the "China - Vietnam Year of Humanitarian Exchange 2025", consolidate the social foundation ; coordinate more closely multilaterally; control and satisfactorily resolve disagreements.

General Secretary To Lam suggested that the two sides maintain regular strategic exchanges, strengthen cooperation between the two Parties and in key areas, especially diplomacy, defense and security; promote strategic transport infrastructure connectivity, provide the best incentives in preferential loans, technology transfer and human resource training, and make the greatest efforts in implementation to ensure the progress of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway project .

The General Secretary suggested that the two sides promote cooperation in digital transformation and science and technology to become a new "bright spot" in Vietnam-China relations, strengthen cooperation in key technology fields; promote more balanced trade, higher-quality investment, focus on implementing large and typical projects and works in Vietnam, and support Hanoi and other major cities in solving air pollution problems.

China invites Vietnamese youth to join "Red Journey"

General Secretary To Lam also hopes that the two sides will consolidate a solid social foundation, step up propaganda and education among all classes of people, especially the young generation of the two countries, about the fine tradition of Vietnam-China friendship; and organize a theoretical seminar between the two Parties this year.

General Secretary To Lam at the meeting

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Strengthen cooperation in the field of education, especially in training high-quality human resources in all fields, including basic sciences and new strategic high-tech industries, effectively serving the process of building new quality production forces; encourage more and more tourists to travel to the other country.

Agreeing with and appreciating the proposals of General Secretary To Lam, General Secretary and President Xi Jinping suggested that the two sides persistently deepen strategic trust, deepen exchanges of experience in national governance, enrich socialist theory and practice, firmly promote the socialist cause of the two countries; and effectively carry out cooperation connecting the "Belt and Road" Initiative with the "Two Corridors, One Belt" framework.

We welcome more Vietnamese goods to be exported to the vast Chinese market, encourage more Chinese enterprises to invest in Vietnam; strengthen cooperation in production and supply chains, expand cooperation in the high-tech sector; and carry out rich and diverse cultural exchanges.

General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping at the meeting

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Over the next three years, China invites Vietnamese youth to participate in the "Red Journey" to study the revolutionary history of the two countries.

Discussing cooperation at multilateral forums, General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping hopes that the two sides will strengthen judicial cooperation and law enforcement within the framework of Mekong-Lancang cooperation.

The two sides' senior leaders agreed to direct sectors and levels to actively seek effective methods and measures to satisfactorily resolve disagreements, promote cooperation in line with the new level of Vietnam-China relations on the basis of international law; strictly comply with the consensus between ASEAN and China in implementing the DOC and promote the achievement of a substantive and effective COC in accordance with international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.