Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s top leaders have sentmessages of congratulations to their Chinese counterparts on the occasion ofChina’s 70th National Day (October 1).
The well-wishers are General Secretary of the Communist Party of VietnamCentral Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc and Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
The messages were cabled to Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, and Chairman of theStanding Committee of the National People's Congress Li Zhanshu.
In the messages, the Vietnamese leaders congratulated China on major achievementsthe country has recorded over the past 70 years, especially after 40 years ofreform and opening-up, and expressed their wish that Chinese people will reapgreater fruits in the cause.
They said Vietnam attaches importance to the comprehensive strategicpartnership with China and wishes to work together with China to consolidatethe friendly neighbourliness, deepen their mutually beneficial cooperation, andcontrol and satisfactorily settle existing issues on the basis of respect foreach other’s legitimate interests and in line with international law, meetingbasic and long-term interests of the two countries and peoples, andcontributing to peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world.
On this occasion, Deputy Prime Minister andForeign Minister Pham Binh Minh, who is also head of the Steering Committee for Vietnam-China Bilateral Cooperation,sent a congratulatory message to Foreign Minister Wang Yi./.
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