China’s media has made intensive coverage of the official visit to the country by Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, from October 30 to November 1. (Photo: VNA) The People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the CommunistParty of China (CPC), on November 1 ran an article on the meeting between theVietnamese leader and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
Noting that the two countries share broad commoninterests, Li said China attaches great importance to relations with Vietnam,the article said.
He reportedly said China is willing to implement the consensusthe two sides have already reached, and make full use of convenient conditionssuch as geographical proximity and complementary industrial advantages toupgrade bilateral economic and trade cooperation and facilitate cooperation inkey areas.
"China is ready to import more marketableagricultural products from Vietnam and jointly maintain the facilitation oftrade with Vietnam at border ports," he was quoted by the newspaper.
The daily quoted the Vietnamese leader as saying the country stands ready towork with the Chinese side to implement their consensus, further increasemutual understanding, promote cooperation, seek common development, enhancetheir "comrades and brothers" relationship, and bring concretebenefits to the two countries and two peoples.
The same day, Xinhua News Agency published articlesfeaturing the meetings between Party General Secretary Trong and Chairman ofthe National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Li Zhanshu and Chairmanof the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) NationalCommittee Wang Yang.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (left) and Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee Wang Yang (Photo: VNA) Trong expressed his expectation that Vietnam's NAand China's NPC will further strengthen exchanges, jointly implement theconsensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties, and push forward theVietnam-China friendly cooperation of "comrades and brothers" to bearnew fruits.
At the meeting with the Vietnamese Part leader, Wangnoted that China received Trong's official visit to China right after the 20thNational Congress of the CPC. He said this shows that China attaches greatimportance to the special relationship of "comrades and brothers"between China and Vietnam and cherishes the traditional friendship between thetwo peoples.
Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits China from October 30 to November 1. (Photo: VNA) For his part, Trong affirmed that the VFF is willingto strengthen exchanges and cooperation with the CPPCC to unite forces from allsectors of society as well as resources from home and abroad, and promote thefurther development of Vietnam-China relations.
The agency highlighted the talks between Vo VanThuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the CPV Central Committee’sSecretariat, and Cai Qi, member of the Standing Board of the CPC’s Politburo,Secretary of the CPC Central Committee’s Secretariat, and Secretary of theBeijing CPC Committee, which took place within the framework of the visit thesame day./.
VNA
