President holds online talks with top Chinese leader

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc holds phone talks with Chinese Party General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping, May 24, 2021

They also spoke highly of achievements gained in relations between the two Parties and countries over the past time.

President Nguyen congratulated the Communist Party of China (CPC) on its upcoming 100th founding anniversary.

Lauding major achievements China has recorded in containing COVID-19, restoring growth and shaking off poverty despite difficulties due to the pandemic since early 2020, President Phuc expressed his belief that the country will reap greater fruits in the next 100 years.

Viet Nam has also gained successes in pandemic containment and economic recovery, President Nguyen said, highlighting the organisation of the elections of the 15th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 tenure.

Despite difficulties and challenges, Vietnamese people will carry forward their solidarity and internal strength to move forward, Nguyen noted. In this process, Viet Nam wishes to receive cooperation from countries worldwide, including China, he said.

He reiterated Vietnamese Party’s and State’s consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification, and attaching importance to developing the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China.

In that spirit, he proposed several measures to boost the bilateral relations in the time ahead such as promoting mutual trust, and comprehensive, equal and mutually beneficial cooperation.

Viet Nam and China should enhance collaboration in the COVID-19 fight, raise the quality and efficiency of economic, trade and investment cooperation, step up partnerships between localities and people to people exchanges, while working to maintain an environment of peace and stability, satisfactorily settle sea-related issues on the basis of common perceptions at the high level, in line with international law, the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS), and maintain their coordination at multilateral forums.

On this occasion, Nguyen invited Xi and other Chinese leaders to visit Viet Nam.

For his part, Xi said he believes that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, the Vietnamese people will complete targets and tasks set at the 13th National Party Congress.

The Chinese Party, State and people attach great importance to the relations with Viet Nam, and wish and stand ready to join hands with their Vietnamese counterparts to foster the bilateral friendship and cooperation, thus advancing the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, he said.

The Chinese leader emphasised the significance of high-level meetings and exchanges, and invited Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen to visit China.

He also suggested ministries, agencies and localities of the two countries to work harder in order to facilitate the bilateral cooperation.

China backs Viet Nam at multilateral cooperation mechanisms, and is willing to cooperate and support Viet Nam in the COVID-19 fight, he affirmed.- VNA