PM Pham Minh Chinh welcomes Zhang Qingwei, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China, Hanoi, May 8, 2024. (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac)

Mr. Chinh was speaking at a reception in Hanoi on Wednesday for Zhang Qingwei, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China, who is in Vietnam for the celebration of 70 years of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

PM Chinh suggested that the two sides prioritise road and rail transport connection in border provinces and pilot smart border gates; boost development cooperation in emerging fields such as green growth and digital economy; strengthen tourism cooperation, and people-to-people exchanges; and make efforts to better control and resolve disagreements and issues with differences.

Mr. Zhang said that China attaches great importance to developing relations with Vietnam, always considering it a priority in its neighbourhood policy.

He said China is ready to promote high-level exchanges, strengthen transport infrastructure connections between China and Vietnam, build smart border gates, expand cooperation on green growth, digital transformation, and key minerals; expand imports of Vietnamese goods and agricultural products; accelerate the resolution of existing issues in some cooperation projects.