NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (right) and Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping pose for a joint photo in Hanoi on December 13, 2023 during the Chinese leader's state visit to Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)The visitfrom April 7 to 12, to be made at the invitation of Chairman of the StandingCommittee of the National People’s Congress of China (NPC) Zhao Leji, will bethe first trip to China by Hue as the top legislator ofVietnam. It will also be the first in-person meeting between the leaders of thelegislative bodies since the 13th National Congressof the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 20th National Congress ofthe Communist Party of China.
The trip followsa state visit to Vietnam by Party General Secretary and President of China XiJinping in December 2023 during which the two sides issued a joint statement on continuingto deepen and elevate the comprehensive strategiccooperative partnership and build a Vietnam - China community with ashared future that carries strategic significance, Mai told the media.
Stressing the importance of this visit, he said it affirms that Vietnam considers relations with China as the top priority and a strategicchoice in its foreign policy. The visit also aims to carry out the six majorcooperation orientations of the two countries, especially promoting higherpolitical trust and consolidating a more solid social foundation for bilateralrelations, thereby helping elevate the Vietnam - China comprehensive strategiccooperative partnership for the sake of the two peoples as well as for peace,stability, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
As the relations between the Vietnamese NA and theChinese NPC have been unceasingly reinforced and developing, the visit willhelp intensify and boost the effectiveness of cooperation between the countries’legislative bodies while affirming the critical importance of parliamentarydiplomacy to the development of Vietnam, he went on.
Talking aboutbilateral ties over the recent past, the ambassador noted thanks to commonefforts, relations between the two Parties and the two countries have continuedgrowing well and obtaining a number of important achievements in all spheres.
Mai highlightedincreased exchanges at all levels, continuously deepened economic, trade, andinvestment links that have become a bright spot of the two countries' relationship, alongwith tangible results in other fields like culture, education, tourism, andpeople-to-people interaction, helping strengthen the social foundation forrelations.
In addition, Vietnam and China have harvestednumerous accomplishments in the building of a land border of peace, friendship,and cooperation, contributing to socioeconomic development in borderlocalities. They have made efforts to sustain discussion and controlsea-related differences in conformity with international law, including the1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The two sideshave also actively carried out the negotiation mechanisms on sea-related issues,stepped up the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conductof Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and strived to build a substantive, efficient,and effective code of conduct (COC) in the waters to help ensure peace andstability in the East Sea and the region, according to the diplomat.
He expressed his hope thatthrough Chairman Hue’s visit, relations between the two Parties, countries, andparliaments will continue developing to help produce tangible outcomes and new contents of the Vietnam - China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. Sharing oflegislative experiences will be also increased while the social foundation consolidatedand mutual understanding between the two peoples fostered.
The coming visit is expectedto boost the crucial role of the two parliaments in supervising and promoting theimplementation of agreements. Besides, the NA and NPC are also hoped to enhancecoordination and mutual support at regional and international inter-parliamentaryforums, as well as coordination in the enforcement of the international treatiesto which both sides are parties, for the sake of peace, stability, cooperation,and development in the region and the world./.
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