Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping in Hanoi on November 12, 2017. (Photo: VNA)

Mr. Trong congratulated his host on the success of the 19th Party National Congress and on his re-election as the General Secretary of the Party Central Committee, the 19th tenure. He expressed his belief that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China led by Mr. Xi Jinping, the Chinese people will fulfill the tasks set by the 19^th Party National Congress and build China into a modern, democratic, civilized, harmonious, and beautiful country.

The Vietnamese Party leader praised China’s active participation and contributions to the success of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting. He reiterated that Vietnam treasures and sincerely wants to boost the neighborliness, friendship, and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China. Mr. Trong underlined the need to strengthen exchange of high level delegations and sectors, and enhance the effectiveness of cooperation in economics and other areas, while maintaining peace and stability, and settling well maritime issues.

The Chinese top leader said that China treasures the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Vietnam. He agreed on major directions and measures to develop the relationship between the two Parties and countries proposed by Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong. He added that both sides need to look at the China-Vietnam ties from the strategic viewpoint to make the relationship stable, healthy, and sustainable to benefit the two peoples and contribute to peace, development, and prosperity in the region.

After the talks, both leaders witnessed the signing and exchange of 19 cooperative documents. They include a Memorandum of Understanding between the Vietnamese and Chinese governments on boosting connectivity of the “Two Corridors, One Belt” framework with the “Road and Belt” initiative, a Memorandum of Understanding on speeding up negotiations for the framework agreement on building border economic cooperative zones and another Memorandum of Understanding on establishing a working group for ecommerce between the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.