Vietnam always attaches importance to promoting exchanges and cooperation with China’s Guangxi province, contributing to unceasingly strengthening the time-honoured friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong made this statement while receiving in Hanoi on September 10 Ma Biao, Governor of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, who is in Vietnam to attend the third conference of the joint working committee between Guangxi and Vietnam’s border provinces of Lang Son, Cao Bang, Ha Giang and Quang Ninh.
Chairman Trong welcomed the outcomes of the Sept. 9-14 conference during which the two sides discussed and reached consensus on various forms of activities to enhance multifaceted cooperation and keep the common borderline peaceful and stable for development.
He praised the current visit to Vietnam by Governor Ma Biao, saying that it takes place at the time when the two countries organise activities to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
He said he believed that the visit would increase cooperation between Guangxi and Vietnamese localities, contributing to the common development of the comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership between the two countries.
The NA Chairman congratulated achievements recorded by the people in Guangxi province in particular and the people in the whole country in general in recent years. From a poor province, Guangxi has developed rapidly, achieving 113 billion USD in GDP and registering per-capita income of 2,200 USD in 2009.
With developments in the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership, the multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Guangxi saw significant growth. Trade between the two sides reached nearly 4 billion USD, accounting for one-fifth of the two countries’ total bilateral trade, he said.
For his part, Governor Ma Biao affirmed his province always attaches importance to developing economic cooperation and trade with ASEAN, including Vietnam, and proposed to accelerate development of the Nanning-Hanoi economic corridor, build infrastructure, facilitate exchanges and cooperation between Guangxi and Vietnam’s border provinces.
He also expressed his wish to further enhance exchanges between the Guangxi People’s Congress and the Vietnamese National Assembly./.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong made this statement while receiving in Hanoi on September 10 Ma Biao, Governor of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, who is in Vietnam to attend the third conference of the joint working committee between Guangxi and Vietnam’s border provinces of Lang Son, Cao Bang, Ha Giang and Quang Ninh.
Chairman Trong welcomed the outcomes of the Sept. 9-14 conference during which the two sides discussed and reached consensus on various forms of activities to enhance multifaceted cooperation and keep the common borderline peaceful and stable for development.
He praised the current visit to Vietnam by Governor Ma Biao, saying that it takes place at the time when the two countries organise activities to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
He said he believed that the visit would increase cooperation between Guangxi and Vietnamese localities, contributing to the common development of the comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership between the two countries.
The NA Chairman congratulated achievements recorded by the people in Guangxi province in particular and the people in the whole country in general in recent years. From a poor province, Guangxi has developed rapidly, achieving 113 billion USD in GDP and registering per-capita income of 2,200 USD in 2009.
With developments in the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership, the multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Guangxi saw significant growth. Trade between the two sides reached nearly 4 billion USD, accounting for one-fifth of the two countries’ total bilateral trade, he said.
For his part, Governor Ma Biao affirmed his province always attaches importance to developing economic cooperation and trade with ASEAN, including Vietnam, and proposed to accelerate development of the Nanning-Hanoi economic corridor, build infrastructure, facilitate exchanges and cooperation between Guangxi and Vietnam’s border provinces.
He also expressed his wish to further enhance exchanges between the Guangxi People’s Congress and the Vietnamese National Assembly./.
