Vietnamese Politburo member and Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (Photo: VGP/Hai Ninh)

The two sides agreed to promote high-level visits, effectively implement cooperation between the two Parties, uphold the role of the two foreign ministries in coordinating and boosting the bilateral relations; well implement mechanisms of exchange and cooperation in defence, security and law enforcement; and increase experience sharing in COVID-19 prevention and control, including cooperation on vaccines.

They agreed to resume commercial flights when conditions permit; continue taking measures to promote economic - trade cooperation, investment and development; soon complete  procedures to open the market for Vietnamese agricultural products; accelerate upgrading or opening new pairs of border gates; encourage Chinese enterprises to expand investment in Vietnam using advanced and environmentally friendly technologies; and actively coordinate in solving difficulties in a number of cooperation projects. Vietnam and China will also beef up cooperation in science and technology, environment, transportation, agriculture, health care, culture, education, tourism and people-to-people exchange, and coordination at multilateral forums.

The two sides also discussed border and territorial issues, and agreed to cooperate in land border management on the basis of strictly complying with agreements and legal documents on border.

Regarding issues at sea, the two sides agreed to continue to strictly adhere to high-level common perceptions, well control disagreements, not take actions to complicate the situation and expand disputes, and jointly maintain peace and stability in the East Sea.

Wang Yi announced that his country will donate an additional 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam this year bringing China’s total vaccine supplies for Vietnam to 5.7 million doses.