Chinese Party, State leader Xi Jinping concludes state visit to Việt Nam

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ (right) sees Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse off at Nội Bài International Airport on Wednesday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn

HÀ NỘI — General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of the Chinese Party and State left Hà Nội on Wednesday afternoon, concluding their successful two-day state visit to Việt Nam.

The visit was made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng and his spouse, and President of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam Võ Văn Thưởng and his spouse.

Vương Đình Huệ, Politburo member and Chairman of the National Assembly of Việt Nam; Phan Đình Trạc, Politburo member, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs; Lê Hoài Trung, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations, and other Vietnamese officials saw the Chinese delegation off at the Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội.

Ambassador Xiong Bo and the staff of the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi were also present at the airport.

During their stay in Việt Nam, Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his entourage laid a wreath and paid tribute to President Hồ Chí Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi.

The official welcome ceremony for the Chinese top leader and his wife was held at the Presidential Palace with the highest level of protocol for a head of state.

Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping held talks with all four highest leaders of Việt Nam: Party General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng and President Võ Văn Thưởng, and met with Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and NA Chairman Vương Đình Huệ.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping looked back on the development of the relations between the two Parties and two countries, and shared the view that the traditional friendship featuring comradeship plus brotherhood set up and cultivated by President Hồ Chí Minh, President Mao Zedong and older-generation leaders, is the valuable asset shared by the two peoples, and it should be constantly inherited and promoted.

They said 15 years since the two countries established a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in 2008 and with the motto of “friendly neighbourliness, comprehensive cooperation, long-term stability, looking toward the future” and the spirit of “good neighbours, good friends, good comrades, good partners”, cooperation in various fields has made positive and comprehensive progress, and the relations between the two Parties and countries have been expanded and deepened continuously.

The two sides agreed to build a Việt Nam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, and make efforts for happiness of the two countries’ people, and for peace and progress of humankind, in line with the United Nations Charter and international law, and on the basis of mutual respect, equal and mutual beneficial cooperation, and respect for each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and persist with the settlement of differences through peaceful measures.

Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping were introduced to the 36 cooperation documents signed between ministries, agencies and localities of both sides.

Vietnamese President Võ Văn Thưởng held talks with Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping. The two leaders affirmed the fruitful results of the talks with many important common perceptions between Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.

They held that the new positioning of the Việt Nam-China relations and the six pillars of cooperation established by the two General Secretaries have clearly shown the direction, opening up a period of good cooperation between the two Parties and two countries in the new period.

President Võ Văn Thưởng expressed his hope that the two sides will increase exchanges and the sharing of experience in national construction and development, and enhance practical cooperation in spheres, especially in trade and investment, making it grow more healthily and effectively.

Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse leave Hà Nội on Wednesday, concluding their two-day State visit to Việt Nam. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn

The two countries should step up transport connectivity, expand collaboration in agriculture, environment, science-technology, and health care, he said, suggesting the two nations boost people-to-people exchanges, organise cultural exchange activities, and enhance the communication work to promote the Việt Nam-China friendship.

Reviewing the practical cooperation between Việt Nam and China in recent times, PM Chính proposed China continue to expand the import of Vietnamese goods, including agricultural and aquatic products, and deploy smart border gates; increase investments in Vietnam, particularly in high-tech and green transition; step up strategic infrastructure connectivity as well as transport and border gate connectivity; soon establish a working group to completely remove obstacles to pending projects; and accelerate the implementation of non-refundable aid projects.

The PM also suggested China expand financial and monetary cooperation, consider establishing a working group to push ahead with tourism recovery, enhance locality-to-locality and people-to-people exchanges, and strengthen coordination at multilateral forums.

Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping agreed with PM Chính’s proposals and affirmed that Việt Nam and China are important partners of each other.

The Chinese leader said that China stands ready to increase the import of goods, especially high-quality agricultural products from Việt Nam, and encourage Chinese enterprises to increase high-quality investments in the Southeast Asian country.

He suggested the two sides strengthen infrastructure connectivity, and supply and production chains as well as improving the quality of economic cooperation in the fields of high technology and digital economy.

At his meeting with Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, NA Chairman Huệ suggested the Vietnamese and Chinese legislative bodies increase exchanges and contacts at all levels, as well as those between their specialised committees and friendship parliamentarians’ groups.

He also suggested carrying forward their roles in building open and conducive legal corridors and policies, and promoting bilateral economic-trade cooperation in a balanced and sustainable fashion, especially increasing the export of Vietnamese agro-aquatic products to China.

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ bids goodbye to Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping off at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội on Wednesday. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn

Sharing the Vietnamese top legislator’s proposals, the Chinese leader suggested the two countries maintain high-level exchanges and meetings, share experience in Party building and national development, foster substantive cooperation, step up infrastructure connectivity, push ahead with people-to-people exchanges, and well manage disagreements.

Within the framework of the Chinese leader’s visit, Party General Secretary Trọng and his spouse, Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse, and senior leaders of both nations attended a friendship meeting with intellectuals and young people of the two countries.

The spouse of Party General Secretary Trọng, Ngô Thị Mận, and the spouse of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, Prof. Peng Liyuan, visited the Vietnamese Women’s Museum.

The spouse of Vietnamese President Thưởng, Phan Thị Thanh Tâm, and the spouse of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, Prof. Peng Liyuan, attended an exchange programme with students of the Việt Nam National University – Hà Nội (VNU).

Within the visit’s framework, Trương Thị Mai, Politburo member, permanent member of the CPV Central Committee’s Secretariat, and head of the CPV Central Committee’s Organisation Commission held talks with Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member the CPC Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chief of the CPC Central Committee’s Office.

The state visit to Việt Nam by Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, his spouse and the high-ranking delegation of the Party and the State of China was the first visit of the top Chinese Party and State leader to Việt Nam after the 20th National Congress of the CPC and one year after the historic visit to China by Party General Secretary Trọng in October 2022.  

The visit took place at a time when the two countries are celebrating the 15th founding anniversary of their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. The trip marked a new historic milestone in the Việt Nam-China relations.

The two sides issued a joint statement on continuing to deepen and elevate the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, and building a Việt Nam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.

Over the past 15 years since the two countries established their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in 2008, the bilateral cooperation in all fields has achieved positive and comprehensive progress. Entering the new era, the Việt Nam-China relations are constantly expanding and deepening, especially Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping invited Party General Secretary Trọng to pay the historic visit to China after the closing of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, promoting the Việt Nam-China relationship to a new height.

Looking towards the future, the Chinese side highlighted its consistent policy of friendship with ViệtNam, considering Việt Nam a priority in its neighbourhood diplomacy.

The Vietnamese side affirmed that the Việt Nam-China relationship is always a top priority in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation, and diversification of external ties. It is a strategic choice of both sides.

Both sides affirmed their consistent support for the two Parties, countries and their people to persevere with independence in strategy and choice of development paths that suit each country’s situation; be persistent in properly handling and actively resolving disagreements through peaceful means on the basis of mutual understanding, mutual respect in accordance with international law, maintaining the good development momentum of the Việt Nam-China relations, making more active contributions to peace, stability and development in the region and the world.

The two sides agreed that the state visit to Việt Nam by Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping was a success, and an important milestone in the history of the relations between the two Parties and two countries, thus making important contributions to promoting the Việt Nam-China traditional friendship, elevating the Việt Nam-China relations in the new period, and promoting peace, stability and development in the region and the world. — VNS