Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly ChairmanVuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 8 for C🎐hinese Ambassador toVietnam Xiong Bo, during which they disꦗcussed relations between the two Parties, countries andlegislatures.

Chairman Hue highly evaluated the progress in relations between the two Parties and countries over the past time. He conveyed the regards from General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong and other key leaders of Vietnam to General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President of China Xi Jinping and other senior leaders of China. The NA Chairman congratulated the ChineseParty, State and people on their achievements over the past decade, especiallythe successes in 2023 - the first year to implement the Resolution adopted atthe 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Healso congratulated the National People's Congress of China (NPC) on the openingof the second session of the 14th National People's Congress and theNational Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference with important issues related to socio-economic development beingdiscussed and decided. Both sides agreed to maintainregular high-level exchanges and meetings in flexible forms; realise high-levelcommon perceptions on enhancing people-to-people exchanges, actively raisepublic awareness of Vietnam-China friendship and achievements in each country’sreform, raise mutual understanding between the two countries’ people,especially among young generations; and offer mutual support in multilateral frameworkslike the United Nations, ASEAN, APEC, ASEM, Mekong-Lancang and at multilateralparliamentary forums in the region and the world. Xiong, for his part, spokehighly of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to China in 2022 andGeneral Secretary of the CPC and President of China Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam in2023 when the two Party leaders announced the building of a “China-Vietnam community with ashared future that carries strategic significance”, marking a great milestone signaling the development of the bilateralcomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new era. Regarding legislative ties, Chairman Hue highlightedconcerted efforts to foster political trustbetween the Vietnamese NA and the NPC, with regular exchanges through online talks,the exchange of leaders of committees, specialised agencies and friendshipparliamentarians’ groups; and mutual support at regional and global parliamentaryforums, especially the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the ASEANInter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA). The host and guest pledged to continue promoting the bilateral ties and facilitating future visits of leaders and officials from legislativebodies. The top legislator expressed his belief in the Ambassador’sability to continue serving as a bridge to effectively boost the bilateral relationship, therebyrealising the common perceptions of high-ranking leaders and materialising new achievements and contents of the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, ensuring that the tiesbetween the two Parties and countries will be further deepened and stablised inthe long term./.