Nanning (VNA)– As an active member of the ASEAN Community, Vietnam supports ASEAN-Chinacooperation, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh stressed at an event in Nanning,the capital of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on September 12.

Deputy PM Binh, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoliand leaders of ASEAN countries were attending the opening ceremony of the 14thChina-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) and the 14th China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit(CABIS).

The Vietnamese official hailed the importance ofthis year’s CAEXPO, held amid the 50th founding anniversary of ASEAN. Heaffirmed that CAEXPO and CABIS events have contributed to the growth of theASEAN-China strategic partnership.

Vietnam attaches importance to CAEXPOs and hasmore than 250 booths at this, the 14th edition. It has been the ASEAN countrywith the biggest number of booths at the expo for 12 straight years, he noted.

He also detailed Vietnam’s resolve to integrateinto the world and responsibly contribute to regional and international issues.The country has strategic and comprehensive partnerships with many countries,while having economic and trade relations with 224 countries and territories. 

Vietnam is one of the successful developingnations in attracting foreign direct investment, and is striving to attainsustainable growth by improving growth quality and making use of chancesgenerated by Industry 4.0 to promote labour productivity and competitiveness,the Deputy PM said.

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Binh emphasised that Vietnam is ready to linkthe ASEAN Economic Community and China, and together with other ASEAN countriesto enhance cooperation, keep peace and stability, and solve differences for thesake of all parties’ interests, thus ensuring smooth economic cooperation andcontributing to peace, cooperation, development and prosperity in the region.

For his part, Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaolireviewed cooperation policies and activities between his country and ASEAN,underlining that China treasures its ties with ASEAN.

He suggested cooperation policies for the timeahead, including the consolidation of political trust to create a foundationfor boosting overall cooperation, including in economy-trade, productioncapacity improvement, resources connection and people-to-people exchange. 

The CAEXPO and the CABIS have become animportant mechanism for bolstering friendship exchanges, trade and ties betweenASEAN and China. They have also turned into a destination for businesses fromChina, ASEAN and other regions, Zhang added.-VNA