Chinese Ambassador Xiong Bo has been awarded the Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State for his active and effective contributions to promoting the Vietnam-China Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership during his term in Vietnam.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (right) presents Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State to Chinese Ambassador Xiong Bo (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) 🍬– Chinese Ambassador Xiong Bo has been awarded the Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State for his active and effective contributions to promoting the Vietnam-China Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership during his term in Vietnam.
Authorised by President To Lam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son presented the order to Xiong at a reception for him in Hanoi on August 27.
Deputy PM Son appreciated the diplomat's contributions to the comprehensive and substantive development of the relationship between the two Parties and the two countries which is reflected in the regular high-level strategic exchanges and contacts at all levels; the substantial progress in result-oriented cooperation across the fields, particularly in economy-trade-investment, development strategy connectivity, and collaboration in new areas like digital transformation and green development and active people-to-people exchanges.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, China was one of the countries that provided the most COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam, thereby helping the nation effectively control and safely adapt to the pandemic and promote the reopening of the economy, he continued.
The Deputy PM and FM emphasised that in the coming time, the Government and the Foreign Ministry of Vietnam will continue to work with relevant ministries, branches and localities to speed up the effective implementation of important common perceptions of the two sides' high-ranking leaders, especially the joint statements reached during the recent mutual visits of the top leaders of the two Parties and two countries.
For his part, the Chinese Ambassador expressed his sincere thanks to leaders of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly of Vietnam, as well as ministries, agencies and localities of Vietnam for supporting and creating favourable conditions for him to fulfil his duties during the tenure. He affirmed that he will always carry with him good memories and feelings about the country and people of Vietnam and continue to actively contribute to building the China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, regardless of his position.
At the reception, Son and Xiong underlined the importance of the Vietnam-China relationship in the overall foreign policy of each country, and expressed their delight at the historical milestones in the development of the relationship between the two Parties and the two countries in recent years.
Notably, the two sides have deepened and elevated the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, agreed to build a community of shared futures that carries strategic significance and successfully arranged mutual visits by the General Secretaries of the two Parties, most recently the State visit to China by General Secretary and President To Lam from August 18-20./.
Through the upcoming visit of Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, China hopes to continue carrying forward the China-Vietnam traditional friendship, further consolidate bilateral political trust, and promoting the building of the China-Vietnam Community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, stated Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
The Party and State of Vietnam always attach great importance to and give top priority to the development of Vietnam–China relations. Vietnam is ready to work with the Chinese Party and State to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and promote the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
Under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh and the CPV, President Cuong said, the press has been a steadfast force on the ideological and cultural front, rallying the masses to pursue national aspirations.
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