(VOVWORLD) - At a meeting on Monday in Beijing, Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President To Lam and Chinese Premier Li Qiang agreed to make joint efforts to bolster political and economic confidence, effectively build the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, taking the bilateral ties to a new development period.
 Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President To Lam meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang (photo: VOV) |
They pledged to maintain regular contact at all levels, and promote exchanges and cooperation via Party, Government, National Assembly/National People’s Congress, and Fatherland Front/People's Political Consultative Conference channels.
They concurred to expand cooperation in such key areas as foreign affairs, defence and security, enhance substantive collaboration to carve out further achievements, step up locality-to-locality connection and people-to-people exchange, well arrange activities to mark the 75th anniversary of the diplomatic relations, consolidate a solid social foundation, create new motives for the development of the bilateral ties, and maintain close coordination and cooperation as well as support each other at multilateral forums and mechanisms.
Mr. Lam suggested China accelerate its large-scale and high-quality investment projects with modern technologies in Vietnam, soon pilot smart border gates, consider cooperation in payment in local currencies, and step up collaboration across the areas of science-technology, innovation, green transition, digital transformation and high-tech agriculture.
He said he hopes the two sides will boost cooperation in education, culture, tourism, and natural disaster prevention and mitigation, rescue and urgent response.
 Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President To Lam and Chinese Premier Li Qiang hold talks. (photo: VOV) |
Mr. Li suggested both sides continue enhancing their neighbourliness and friendship, bolstering people-to-people exchange, implementing people’s livelihood projects, working together in the fields of vocational training, and promoting the role of the Vietnam – China Friendship Palace.
The two sides agreed to jointly control and satisfactorily settle disagreements, maintain peace and stability at sea, and consolidate a favorable environment for the development of each nation.
Mr. Lam suggested the two countries seriously carry out the high-level common perceptions, and the Vietnam-China agreement on basic principles guiding the settlement of sea-related issues, respect international law, particularly the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, respect each other’s legitimate rights and interests, promote the efficacy of the negotiation mechanisms on the sea-related issues, satisfactorily handle issues relating to fishing vessels and fishermen, well control the situation at sea, and maintain the stable, positive development momentum of the bilateral ties, as well as peace and stability in the region.