Soldiers prepare for the flag raising ceremony at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi on National Day September 2 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) –Leaders of China, Laos, Cambodia, Russia, Cuba, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand,and the Japanese Emperor have cabled messages of congratulations to Vietnamese Party,State, government and National Assembly leaders on the occasion of the 72ndanniversary of National Day of Vietnam (September 2).
Party General Secretary andPresident of China Xi Jinping sent congratulations to Party General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong and President Tran Dai Quang. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang andChairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress ZhangDejiang shared joy with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National AssemblyChairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, respectively.
In messages, Chinese leaderssaid China attaches importance to ties with Vietnam and is ready to lift bilateralcomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a greater height.
Lao leaders highlightedVietnam’s achievements over the past years while expressing their thanks to theVietnamese Party, State and people for their support and help to the strugglefor national independence in the past as well as national safeguarding andbuilding at present.
Cambodian leaders expressed their belief that under the sound leadership of theCommunist Party of Vietnam led by Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam willreap greater successes in realising the Resolution adopted by the 12th NationalParty Congress.
President of Cuba Raul CastroRuz, who is also First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba CentralCommittee, President of the Council of State and President of the Council ofMinisters, reaffirmed his determination to continue diversifying friendship andhistoric ties with Vietnam.
Russian President VladimirPutin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Chairwoman of the Federation Council ValentinaMatviyenko, Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin believed that thecontinued strengthening of bilateral ties in diverse areas and effective jointwork to deal with necessary global issues will meet interests of the Vietnameseand Russian peoples for peace and stability in Asia-Pacific.
Government and State leadersof Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand committed to working closely with Vietnam tofurther enhance bilateral partnership across the board.
Japanese Emperor Akihito also sent a congratulatory message to President TranDai Quang on the National Day.
On the occasion, ChineseForeign Minister Wang Yi, Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, CambodianSenior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation PrakSokhonn, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Russian ForeignMinister Sergey Lavrov, Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman, SingaporeanForeign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai alsoconveyed congratulatory messages to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign MinisterPham Binh Minh.-VNA
