During the talks, the two sidesnoted with joy the development in the cooperation between Vietnameselocalities and Guangxi since the signing of the land border agreementbetween the two countries. Two-way trade reached over 9.7 billion USD,up over 28 percent, making up 80 percent of the total trade turnoverbetween Chinese Guangxi and ASE AN countries.
Over the past years, Guangxi and border provinces of Vietnam such asQuang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang and Ha Giang continue to enjoy stableand close ties in the areas of economics, culture, society,education-training and crime prevention and fight.
Vietnamese officials and enterprises have regularly participated in andmade positive contributions to the annual ASEAN-China Expo.
Ambassador Tho suggested increasing the exchange of delegations at alllevels for further mutual trust and understanding, as well aspeople-to-people and cultural exchanges.
He alsoproposed that the two sides need to work out more effective measures tofurther boost bilateral trade and economic cooperation, facilitatingprojects in the framework of “two corridors one belt”, especiallyinfrastructure connectivity and tourism cooperation among the two sides’localities.
The Vietnamese diplomat asked Guangxito coordinate efforts with Vietnam’s border localities in fightingtrans-national crimes, maintaining social order and security in theborder areas shared by both countries, and well implementing theProtocol on Border Demarcation and Marker Planting, the Agreement onBorder Management Regulations and the Agreement on Border Gates and LandBorder Gate Management Regulations between Vietnam and China.
On his part, Peng Qinghua highly valued the Vietnamese Ambassador’svisit, saying that he believes in the further development of thecooperation between Guangxi and Vietnamese provinces.
He said the two sides should work together for transport linkage, theestablishment of the trans-border Dongxing-Mong Cai economic cooperationzone and tourism cooperation.
During his trip,Ambassador Tho also met with the party committee secretary of GuangxiUniversity and Vietnamese students who are studying there.
Earlier, the ambassador paid fields trips to some localities in Guangxi and had working sessions with local officials.-VNA