(VOVworld)- National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung met with China’s Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday within the framework of his official friendship visit to China.

NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung meets China’s Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping (Source: VNA)

Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said the visit of the Vietnamese NA’s high-ranking delegation this time is to realise high-level agreements reached by the two countries over the past time. He said the Vietnamese Party, State and people attach great importance to developing the neighborly friendship and comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership with the Chinese Party, State and people on the basis of pursuing the foreign policy of peace, independence and self-reliance. He suggested the two nations step up the implementation of common perceptions and agreements, boost all-round and effective collaboration in all fields of economics, trade, investment, culture and education while ensuring balanced interests and mutual benefits. Regarding sea-related issues, the NA leader confirmed Vietnam’s stance to work together with China to increase mutual understanding, maintain dialogue, and seek basic and long-term solutions acceptable to both sides. Hung said the sea issue should be addressed with a long-term strategic vision in line with international law and with full respect for each country’s legitimate interests and the Vietnam-China relations in general. Handling the issue well will help strengthen political trust and facilitate the development of the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership. The Chinese leader spoke highly of the collaboration between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Chinese National People's Congress. He said the Chinese Party and State continually treasures and support this relationship as well as the friendship exchange between the two countries’ people, he affirmed, suggesting both sides maintain delegation exchanges, information and experience sharing, and mutual coordination and support at regional and international inter-parliamentary forums. Xi Jinping expressed his belief that the upcoming 12 th National Party Congress of Vietnam will be a success and Vietnam will gain greater achievements in national construction and development process. The two leaders reached consensus on increasing high-level meetings and visits, promoting communications on the bilateral traditional friendship, and stepping up people-to-people exchanges in order to improve public awareness and create a high consensus in society on the development of the bilateral relations, for the interests of each country, and for peace and development in the region and the world.