Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President of the VietnamFatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Hoang Cong Thuy hosted a reception for Liu Xiaokai, President of Yunnan province's Committee of the Chinese People'sPolitical Consultative Conference, in Hanoi on November 13.
Liu is in Vietnam to attend the 10th conference on economic corridor cooperation between Vietnamese localities andChina’s Yunnan province.
Thuy assured his guest that maintaining anddeveloping the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China is aconsistent guideline and a strategic, long-term and priority choice inVietnam's foreign policy.
As the year 2023 marks the 15th anniversary of Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership,Thuy hoped that both sides will enhance friendly exchanges and mutuallybeneficial cooperation in various fields.
He also wished that Yunnan would continue promotingits comprehensive cooperation, expanding connections in economy, trade, tourismwhile fostering border friendship exchanges between Yunnan and Vietnamese localities.This contributes to realising the common perceptions reached by senior leaders and pushing forward the stable, healthy, and sustainable development ofVietnam-China relations, he said.
The host informed his guest that fromNovember 27 to December 1, the VFF Central Committee will coordinate with the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to holdthe second friendship exchange in the northern province of Quang Ninh. He hopedthat the effort will serve as vivid evidence and a practical activity to concretisethe common perceptions reached by the highest-ranking leaders of both Partiesand States, especially in people-to-people exchange.
Liu, for his part, affirmed that Yunnan is ready to cooperatewith localities bordering Vietnam to enhance exchanges, experience sharing and transportation connectivity formutual economic development.
He wished that in the coming time, bothcountries would continue facilitating friendship exchanges to raise mutualunderstanding and make it easier for Yunnan to cooperate with northernVietnamese provinces.
The guest hoped that the second friendship exchangein Quang Ninh will further consolidate friendship between the two countries’people and the two organisations in particular to the sake of peace,cooperation and development./.