Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Chinese Ambassador Hong Xiaoyong at the Government’s headquarters in Hanoi on August 17, noting that Vietnam has consistently given the greatest import to its relations with China.
He stressed that his country considered the reinforcement of friendship and comprehensive cooperation with the Chinese Party, State and people as one of its top priorities in foreign policy.
The two nations’ neighbourliness and time-honoured amity provide an important foundation for strengthening partnership, seeking effective measures to properly settle disagreements, and creating favourable conditions for their respective socio-economic development, he said.
The PM hailed the progress made in the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China, highlighting the positive outcomes of his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang in Mongolia in July.
He asked both sides to enhance political trust and traditional friendship, maintain high-level visits, and foster all-round cooperation, especially in trade, investment and other spheres they have strength in.
The two countries should bolster connections between their youths to boost mutual understanding, as well as between their ministries and localities to effectively implement agreements reached at the ninth meeting of the steering committee for bilateral cooperation.
Meanwhile, Vietnam and China also need to thoroughly deal with existing problems pertaining to economics, trade and investment to ensure balanced and sustainable ties, the leader added.
He highly regarded the ambassador’s opinion on the necessity to control sea-related disagreements, along with information about the East (South China) Sea issue.
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