Vietnamese PM’s China visit, attendance at WEF meeting enhances Vietnam’s int’l position

Vietnamese PM’s China visit, attendance at WEF meeting enhances Vietnam’s int’l position: Chinese scholar

Xu Liping, director of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has said that Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to China and attendance at the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) recently have contributed to enhancing mutual political trust, and improving Vietnam’s international position.
Vietnamese PM’s China visit, attendance at WEF meeting enhances Vietnam’s int’l position: Chinese scholar ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) meets with Chinese Party General Secretary, President Xi Jinping (Photo: VNA)
Beijing (VNA) - Xu Liping, director of the Centre for Southeast AsianStudies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has said that VietnamesePrime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to China and attendance at the14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) recentlyhave contributed to enhancing mutual political trust, and improving Vietnam’sinternational position.

In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency after the PM’s visit, Xu noted that on the occasion of the visit, China and Vietnam signed variousbilateral cooperation agreements in the fields of maritime cooperation, marketsupervision, and border gate construction.

At the same time, the two sides reached commonunderstanding on controlling disagreement in the sea issue, speeding up consultations on theCode of Conduct in the East Sea (COC), thereby enhancing political mutual trustbetween the two countries.

According to the scholar, Chinh’s visit took place on theoccasion of the 15th anniversary of the China-Vietnam comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership, which would bring the bilateral relations toa new height.

On the one hand, the visit helps sum up experiences andachievements of China-Vietnam cooperation in the past 15 years; and on theother hand, outlines high-level strategic planning for the bilateralrelationship for the next 15 years, Xu said, stressing that the two sides have maximised their potential, jointlypromoted the socialism cause, achieved each country's modernisation goals, andbuilt an increasingly close common community.

Regarding Vietnam’s position at the WEF meeting, Xu held that Vietnam has a prominent position at this meeting, as this year's annualmeeting set up a special theme dedicated to Vietnam, which demonstratesVietnam's example in the process of global economic recovery as an emergingAsian economy.

This has strengthened confidence for countries around theworld, especially developing countries, in overcoming the negative impacts of theCOVID-19 pandemic, soon recovering and developing further, which shows Vietnam’sinternational influence, he added./.

VNA

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