Beijing (VNA) – General Director of Vietnam NewsAgency (VNA) Nguyen Duc Loi met head of the Communist Party of China CentralCommittee’s Propaganda Department Huang Kunming in Beijing, China on April 26morning, as part of his working trip from April 24-28.

Huang said traditional friendship between the two Partiesand States has been growing in diverse areas, including press and mediacooperation.

He expressed his belief that the visit will further deepencollaboration between Xinhua News Agency and the VNA, thereby promoting China –Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

The VNA General Director expressed his delight at visitingChina at the invitation of Xinhua News Agency on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the signing of cooperation agreement between the two newsagencies.

He informed the host about the outcomes of his talks with leaderof Xinhua News Agency and wished that press agencies of both counties would increaseexchanges to share experience in new media development.

During talks with President of Xinhua News Agency CaiMingzhao earlier on April 25,Nguyen Duc Loi briefed the host on the VNA’sachievements over the past years, adding that as mouthpieces of thegovernments, both sides play an active role in stepping up the bilateral friendship.

He asked both sides to enhance the exchange of youngreporters and editors and continue with training courses for VNA staff.

Cai, for his part, introduced Xinhua News Agency’sachievements since both sides signed the professional cooperation agreement for2017-2020 in Hanoi in May 2017. He added that Xinhua is focusing on multimediadevelopment.

The host proposed facilitating visits by high-rankingleaders of the two agencies, extending collaboration and sharing televisionnews and press photos.

In the morning the same day, the VNA delegation paid aworking trip to the headquarters of the People’s Daily.

President of the People’s Daily Li Baoshan and VNA GeneralDirector Loi affirmed that high-ranking visits by the two countries’ leaders in2017 consolidated the friendship between the two Parties and States, therebyboosting ties between their mainstream press agencies, and between People’sDaily and the VNA and Nhan dan (People) newspaper in particular.

They highlighted orientations for the future pressdevelopment as well as comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership betweenthe two countries’ Parties, States and people.

Visiting Binhai new area of China’s Tianjin city on April 27,the VNA delegation learned about its economic development model.

In the afternoon the same day, Politburo member andSecretary of the Tianjin municipal Party Committee Li Hongzhong hosted areception for the Vietnamese guests.

Li said Tianjin and Vietnamese localities have conductedregular exchanges, and Tianjin firms will arrive in Vietnam to share experienceand seek investment opportunities.

Nguyen Duc Loi, in reply, said with economic, scientific andfinancial potential, Tianjin city will thrive in the near future and furthercooperate with Vietnamese localities.

Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi also joinedthe delegation’s activities.-VNA