Beijing (VNA) – Senior officials of China hailedthe significance of the official visit to China by Party General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong while meeting with the Vietnamese leader in Beijing on January13.

Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of the NationalCommittee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),said the visit is of importance on the threshold of the 67th anniversary of thecountries’ diplomatic ties and the traditional Lunar New Year.

General Secretary Trong informed Yu about theimportant common perceptions reached at his talks with Party General Secretaryand President of China Xi Jinping. 

He emphasised that the common perceptions andthe resolve shared by leaders of the two Parties and countries need to bethoroughly grasped by all levels, sectors and people in the two countries. Theyneed to be realised through concrete and consistent actions so as to promotethe sound development of the traditional friendship and comprehensive strategiccooperative partnership.

He also spoke highly of the recent contributionsby the CPPCC and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) to the countries’ overallrelations, voicing his hope that they will press on with practical andeffective cooperation to help intensify the two nations’ mutual understandingand people-to-people friendship.

Yu underlined that the Chinese Party andGovernment treasure the neighbourliness, traditional friendship andcomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Vietnam.

The CPPCC will join the VFF in strengtheningties between their nations, increase people-to-people exchanges, boost mutualunderstanding between Vietnamese and Chinese younger generations, thusconsolidating the social foundation to consolidate bilateral relations for thesake of basic and long-term interests of the two peoples, he added.


Also on January 13, Party General SecretaryTrong met with Wang Qishan, Secretary of the Chinese Party Central Committee’sCommission for Discipline Inspection.

The visiting leader appreciated Wang’s sentimentstowards Vietnam and Vietnamese-Chinese relations. He congratulated theCommunist Party of China on its achievements since the 18th national congress,along with attainments in Party management and building.

Wang highly valued major accomplishments thatthe Communist Party of Vietnam has obtained while leading Doi moi (Renewal) andnational development. He also expressed his delight at the recent progress inthe countries’ relations.

He briefed the leader about activities conductedby the Chinese Commission for Discipline Inspection to combat corruption,enhance the strict and comprehensive management of the Party, and implement thelayout of the Chinese Party’s “Four Comprehensives” since the 18th nationalcongress.

The Vietnamese leader spoke highly of theoutcomes and experience of the Chinese Party in corruption fight and Partyreinforcement while briefing his host about Vietnam’s Party building policies.He stressed it is vital to keep the revolutionary nature of a Communist Partyso that it can always be the pioneer and representative of the interests of theworking class, labourers and its country.

At the meeting, the two sides agreed that theParty building and reinforcement is an important, urgent and long-term taskthat directly relates to the fate of each Party and the socialist regime ineach country.

They also agreed to bolster sharing experiencein this field between the agencies of the two Parties and countries in order toaugment the effectiveness of the corruption fight and the Party reinforcement,helping to deepen bilateral cooperation in the time ahead.-VNA