PM arrives in Hanoi, successfully wrapping up working trip to China
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation returned to Hanoi on November 8 evening, successfully concluding their trip to China to attend the 8th Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Summit, the 10th Ayeyawady - Chao Phraya - Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit, the 11th Cambodia - Laos - Myanmar - Vietnam (CLMV) Cooperation Summit, and working visit to China.
PM Pham Minh Chinh (second, right) and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation conclude their working trip to China. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation returned to Hanoi on November 8 evening, successfully concluding their trip to China to attend the 8th Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Summit, the 10th Ayeyawady - Chao Phraya - Mek🃏ong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit, the 11th Cambodia - Laos - Myanmar - Vietnam (CLMV) Cooperation Summꦍit, and working visit to China.
From November 5-8 in Yunnan province and Chongqing city, PM Chinh engaged in a comprehensive, diverse range of activities, both multilateral and bilateral. His agenda included attending and delivering speeches at the summits, meeting with leaders of participating countries, including Lao PM Sonexay Siphandone, Cambodian PM Hun Manet, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and working with local leaders of Yunnan, Chongqing and Guangxi.
He also visited historical sites associated with President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities, met with representatives of the Vietnamese community in China, and attended cultural and tourism festivals promoting the image, country and people of Vietnam. He also attended a business forum, received leaders of Chinese leading companies, particularly those in the fields of infrastructure, energy and aviation, and visited the Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park.
PM Chinh's working trip left a bold mark, with significant contributions to building solidarity, deploying concrete cooperation priorities, and heading to a region of fast and sustainable development. The trip also helped fortify and further promote the friendly neighborliness and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China, as well as the Vietnam-China Community with a shared future that carries strategic significance./.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for enhancing cultural and tourism cooperation between Vietnam and China while attending a programme introducing Vietnam’s culture and tourism in Chongqing city on November 8.
Developing relations with China is a consistent policy, an objective requirement, a strategic choice, and a top priority in Vietnam's foreign policy, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Chinese Premier Li Qiang at their talks in Kunming city in China’s Yunnan province on November 7.
Vietnam, as one of the founding members, will continue to make positive contributions to the common affairs of the Group of 77 and China in the spirit of cooperation, friendship, and promotion of multilateralism, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, has said.
The Party and State of Vietnam always attach great importance to and give top priority to the development of Vietnam–China relations. Vietnam is ready to work with the Chinese Party and State to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and promote the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
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