Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on September 20 met with Secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region’s Party Committee Guo Shengkun and Chairman Ma Biao.

Dung is in Guangxi to attend the 9th ASEAN-China Expo (CAEXPO) and China-ASEAN Business-Investment Summit (CABIS) held in Nanning , the capital of China 's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

Guangxi province’s leaders said that PM Dung’s visit symbolises the importance the Vietnamese Party, Government and people attach to consolidating and boosting the neighbouring friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and China .

They affirmed that Guangxi provincial Party and authorities will do their utmost to promote ties with Vietnam’s localities.

PM Dung spoke highly of the great achievements Guangxi people gained in the process of socio-economic reform and development. He stressed that the two sides need to grasp thoroughly the guidance of their senior leaders in fostering the investment, trade and economic cooperation.

The two sides should continue cooperating and coordinating well in the management of border areas, strictly following the three documents relating to land border and the two agreements on Tonkin Gulf, with a view to building the two countries’ border line into the one of peace, friendship, stability, cooperation and development, he added.-VNA