Vietnam attaches importance to developing its traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with the Chinese Party, State and people, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Vietnam attaches special importance to developing its strategic cooperative partnership with the Republic of Korea (RoK), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has told out-going RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Lee Hyuk.
Vietnam and China held the ninth round of negotiations of a working group on the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and the sixth round of negotiations of a working group on cooperation in sea development in the central city Da Nang, on March 15-16.
The annual Vietnam-China deputy foreign ministers’ meeting was held in China’s Guangzhou province on February 5-6 to review the bilateral ties in 2017 and discuss the focus of exchange activities and cooperation between the two countries in 2018, along with other issues in the relationship.
The Vietnam-China working group on the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin convened its eighth round of talks in Beijing, China, from September 25-27.
The Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Korea on June 13 affirmed that the country cherishes its relations with Vietnam and wants to advance the ties further.
President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to China from May 11-15 is the first State-level visit of the Vietnamese President to China after the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 14th National Assembly elected the new leadership of the Party and country.
A senior official of the Communist Party of Vietnam has called on Vietnam and China to continue implementing important common perceptions and agreements reached between their Party and State leaders.
Vietnam and China have agreed to step up their cooperation in less sensitive maritime issues during the eighth round of talks between working groups from the two countries.
Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung left Hanoi on December 23 for an official visit to China, aiming at promoting ties between the two countries.
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