Party General Secretary and State President To Lam meets with Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangdong province Huang Kunming. (Photo: VOV)

The Vietnamese top leader congratulated the province on its development achievements, especially on economics, urban management, and special economic models.

He said that his first state visit to China after assuming the Communist Party of Vietnam leadership role is, together with Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and other key leaders of China, to discuss measures to continue deepening and elevating the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries and building a Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, meeting the interests of the two countries, and for peace, cooperation and development.

Vietnam always attaches importance and gives top priority to developing ties with China, he added.

Mr. Huang congratulated Mr. Lam on his election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee. The Guangdong leader affirmed that the Party Committee and administration of Guangdong province attach great importance to relations with Vietnam and its localities.

He also affirmed the determination and desire of Guangdong province in working with potential localities of Vietnam to enhance friendship exchanges and substantive cooperation in fields, contributing to implementing the common perception between the highest leaders of the two Parties and two countries, and elevating the Vietnam-China relations to a new height.