(VOVWORLD) -Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-chaired the 14th meeting of the Steering Committee for Vietnam-China Bilateral Cooperation in Nanning, China, on Wednesday.
 The 14th meeting of the Steering Committee for Vietnam-China Bilateral Cooperation. Photo: VGP/Hai Minh
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Both sides agreed to increase exchanges and meetings at high and all levels, implementing cooperation agreements between the two Parties, promoting the committee’s role in removing arising problems, maintaining collaboration in important areas such as diplomacy, defence and security, and beefing up bilateral partnership in a stable, balance, sustainable manner. The two sides will continue to increase people-to-people exchange activities.
Deputy PM Minh suggested the Chinese side continue to create favourable conditions for customs clearance activities at border gates, especially for Vietnamese fruits, agricultural and aquatic products, while setting up “green lines” to reduce time for quarantine and customs clearance process. He proposed China open its door wider for Vietnamese fruits and back the opening of Vietnam’s trade promotion office in Chengdu of Sichuan province.
The Deputy PM also underlined the need to enhance the efficiency of the Vietnam-China railway route that connects with the railway route linking China and Europe as well as a number of countries, along with the expansion of high-quality investment in areas suitable to Vietnam’s demand and sustainable development strategy.
Agreeing with Vietnam’s cooperation proposals, FM Wang affirmed that China attaches great importance to Vietnam's interest in expanding exports of agricultural and aquatic products to China and ensuring smooth customs clearance at border gates, adding that his country is ready to open and upgrade border gates to meet the demands of both countries.
He said China will continue opening its market and cooperating with Vietnam in maintaining the stability of the supply and production chains, deepening collaboration on new land and sea transport corridors, discussing cooperation in the fields of digital economy, e-commerce, clean energy, emission reduction, and infrastructure connectivity.
Mentioning border and territory issues, both sides concurred to coordinate and well manage the shared land border, speed up the negotiations for a new agreement on fisheries cooperation in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf, and reach an agreement on cooperation in search and rescue at sea and another on the establishment of hotlines on unexpected cases of fishing activities.
Deputy PM Minh underscored that both sides should work hard to control disagreements; not take actions that complicate the situation and expand disputes; respect each other's legitimate rights and interests in accordance with international law and maintain peace and stability in the East Sea together.
Concluding the meeting, both officials announced the signing of a number of cooperation agreements