General Phung Quang Thanh presents a medal for Major-General Wang Xixin (Photo: phungquangthanh.net)

(VNA) - Vietnam attaches importance to the traditional friendship, solidarity and comprehensive strategic cooperation and partnership with China. Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh made the affirmation at a reception for visiting Major-General Wang Xixin, Vice Chancellor of the National Defence University of China, in Hanoi on Wednesday. Minister Thanh confirmed Vietnam’s defence policy of peace and self-defence, and stated that Vietnam does not join military alliances or permit foreign countries to establish military bases in its territory or use its territory against other states. Mr. Thanh also spoke highly of the outcomes of China’s just-concluded 18^th Party Congress.