Deputy PM hosts Chinese Ambassador, discusses cooperation
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang received Chinese Ambassador Xiong Bo in Hanoi on February 8, reviewing the nations’ past cooperation and discussing ways to step up the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the time to come.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang (R) and Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo at their meeting in Hanoi on February 8 (Photo: VGP)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran LuuQuang received Chinese Ambassador Xiong Bo in Hanoi on February 8, reviewingthe nations’ past cooperation and discussing ways to step up the comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership in the time to come.
Lauding progress recorded in the two Parties’ relations aswell as the bilateral economic, trade and investment collaboration, hostand guest agreed that the key task is to effectively implementa joint statement and many cooperation agreements signed between their countriesduring a recent official visit by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong toChina.
Quang said he hopes to see the nations increase bilateralexchanges at a high level, and well organise the 15th meeting of the steeringcommittee for bilateral cooperation. They should also beef up exchanges betweentheir Parties, ministries, sectors, organisations, and localities, the officialadded.
He suggested the sides maintain bilateral tradegrowth, improve the scale and quality of investment cooperation, and worktogether to remove hurdles facing joint projects. The should also prepare for the recoveryof their tourism ties after a nearly-three-year disruption due to the COVID-19pandemic.
Agreeing with his host, the Chinese diplomat stated theembassy will promote its role in connecting competent agencies, sectors andlocalities of Vietnam and China as well as in boosting the effectiveimplementation of agreements, contributing to the fortificationof the partnership.
Xiong affirmed that China supports Vietnam in building anindependent, self-reliant economy of high-quality development and extensiveinternational integration, and is willing to work with Vietnam to promote theeffective and practical growth of their economic and trade cooperation./.
China has remained Vietnam’s biggest trade partner, while Vietnam has continued to be the sixth largest trade partner of the neighbouring country, and the biggest in ASEAN despites impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical upheavals in the world. Two-way trade was valued at 165.8 billion USD in 2021, up 24.6% from the previous year.
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Deputy PM Le Thanh Long proposed countries promote shared values, including building trust, sincerity, and solidarity among nations and peoples; fostering cooperation spirit and responsible behaviour as well as upholding international law and the UN Charter; and placing people at the centre and as the goal, the key player, and the driving force of all policies.
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Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang (R) and Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo at their meeting in Hanoi on February 8 (Photo: VGP) 
