Xi meets Vietnamese PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, June 26, 2024. Chinh is in China to attend Summer Davos 2024. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Beijing on Wednesday. Chinh is in China to attend Summer Davos 2024.

Xi asked Chinh to convey cordial greetings to Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and Vietnamese President To Lam.

Xi said that during his visit to Vietnam late last year, he and Trong announced the construction of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance, taking bilateral relations to a new stage.

Over the past six months, the two parties and two countries have enjoyed close exchanges between senior officials and harmonious cooperation in various fields, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples, he said.

Noting that the world is now experiencing changes unprecedented in a century, Xi said China and Vietnam have maintained rapid economic development and long-term social stability, demonstrating the strengths of the socialist system.

He said that building a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance is in line with the modernization needs of the two countries and is conducive to maintaining regional peace and stability and promoting the development of China. world socialist cause.

China is willing to work with Vietnam to maintain solidarity and friendship, consolidate mutual support and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, Xi said, adding that China is also ready to unite with Vietnam to walk towards modernization and making greater contributions to world peace, stability, development and prosperity.

Xi stressed that China is committed to comprehensively deepening reform and promoting Chinese modernization, which would provide new opportunities for the two sides to expand cooperation in areas such as economy and trade, connectivity and technology. 'Digital Economy.

He called on the two sides to maintain high-level exchanges, jointly promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, strengthen connectivity, and promote the high-quality development of practical cooperation between the two countries.

China is willing to encourage more Chinese companies to increase investment in Vietnam and hopes Vietnam can provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese companies, he said.

He said the two sides should benefit from friendly exchanges between the two sides, support border provinces in strengthening exchanges, implement livelihood projects in agriculture, education and healthcare. medical, and consolidate public support for Sino-Vietnamese friendship through good utilization of Sino-Vietnamese friendship. platforms for exchange between people and between young people.

The two sides should properly handle maritime issues, accelerate common maritime development, and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability, Xi added.

Chinh conveyed cordial greetings from General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President To Lam to Xi. He said Vietnam and China, both socialist countries led by the Communist Party, have a tradition of good neighborliness and friendship.

Hailing China's great achievements on all fronts, Chinh said the Vietnamese side highly appreciates China's important role as the engine and ballast of world economic growth, and supports China's development and prosperity as well as realizing its second centenary goal as scheduled.

Vietnam supports China's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and opposes the politicization of economic, trade and scientific issues, Chinh said.

Vietnam hopes to learn from China's new theories, practices and achievements in party and state governance, and stick to the path of socialism alongside China to achieve common development, a- he added.

Noting that Vietnam supports China's position on the Taiwan issue and firmly adheres to the one-China principle, Chinh said deepening strategic mutual trust is the top priority and strategic choice of foreign policy. of Vietnam, which will not be disturbed by external interference. and pragmatic with China, and build a Vietnam-China community of shared future which is of strategic importance.

He added that Vietnam will join hands with China to continue to strengthen political mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation, encourage youth exchanges, consolidate public support, strengthen multilateral coordination and properly manage disputes, in order to seriously promote the Vietnam-China community with a shared future. is of strategic importance.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, June 26, 2024. Chinh is in China to participate in the 2024 Summer Davos. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)