Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang, his spouseand the Vietnamese delegation left Beijing on May 15, concluding a five-dayState visit to China, during which he also attended the Belt and Road Forum forInternational Cooperation.

During the trip, the Vietnamese State leader hadtalks with Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and metChinese Premier Li Keqiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the NationalPeople’s Congress of China Zhang Dejiang, and Chairman of the Chinese People’sPolitical Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng.

President Quang also received leaders of somemajor businesses of China, the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship withForeign Countries, the China-Vietnam Friendship Association, along with anumber of Chinese patriotic personages and experts.

He attended and delivered opening speeches atthe Vietnam-China economic-trade cooperation seminars in Beijing and Fujian province.

At the events, President Quang and Chineseleaders noted with satisfaction the progress in relations between the twoParties and countries. They discussed major orientations for enhancing mutualtrust, friendship and substantive cooperation in all spheres and formaintaining peace and stability at sea, thus fostering the healthy andsustainable development of bilateral ties.

At the Leaders’ Roundtable Summit at the Beltand Road Forum for International Cooperation, the State leader of Vietnam stressedthe need to prioritise smooth and effective economic connectivity amongcountries and to promote the efficiency of transport corridors through trade,investment and travel facilitation measures.

He emphasised that cooperation within the Beltand Road Initiative needs to be associated with the UN 2030 Agenda forSustainable Development, as well as existing regional and global cooperationframeworks. The cooperation must ensure sustainability, effectiveness andinclusiveness, and be based on the principles of consensus, equality,voluntariness, transparency, openness, mutual respect and benefits, andcompliance with the UN Charter and international law.

Immediately following the visit, President Quangsent a message to Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping,expressing thanks for the warm and respectful reception that the Chineseleaders have given to him, his spouse and the Vietnamese delegation.

He wrote in the letter that he believes “thecommon perceptions reached during the visit will help strengthen the stable,healthy and sustainable development of the Vietnam-China comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership for the sake of peace, stability, cooperationand prosperity in the region and the world.”

Vietnam welcomes the Belt and Road Initiativealong with efforts to promote economic and regional connectivity, he noted,adding that it will actively make contributions for the sake of countries’common interests.

He wished the Chinese people, under theleadership of the Communist Party of China, will reap even greater achievementsin reform and opening and successfully build a modern socialist country withwealth, democracy, civilisation and harmony.

President Quang also wished the two countries’comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership will continually be reinforcedand develop.-VNA