PM receives Chinese Politburo Standing Committee member

VGP - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 19 in Ha Noi received Politburo Standing Committee member and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Liu Yunshan.

September 20, 2017 9:06 AM GMT+7

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives Politburo Standing Committee member and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Liu Yunshan, Ha Noi, September 19, 2017

At the reception, Mr. Liu Yunshan stressed that the Chinese Party and State treasure relations with the Vietnamese counterparts and want to join Viet Nam in lifting the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new height.

Bilateral cooperation, particularly in economy and trade, is flourishing, he said, noting that China supports the healthy and balanced development of economic and trade ties. It also hopes for the continued enhancement of connecting the two countries’ development strategies.

In turn, PM Phuc reiterated that the Vietnamese Party, State and people always attach importance to the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China.

He applauded recent substantive cooperation, especially in investment, trade and tourism, along with China’s expansion of import of Viet Nam’s goods and agricultural products.

The PM asked both sides to promote cooperation mechanisms’ effectiveness, improve substantive cooperation in all fields, work harder to tackle existing problems in bilateral ties, while accelerating and bettering the quality of joint projects. They also need to make concerted efforts to maintain peace and stability in the East Sea, comply with the common perceptions shared between leaders of the two Parties and countries, avoid any actions that may escalate tensions, and join ASEAN countries to substantively negotiate a code of conduct of parties in the East Sea (COC).

By Vien Nhu