PLEDGING ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP

Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua (left)meets Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi,Vietnam on September 11.

China and Vietnam promised to further promote the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

The pledge came during a meeting between Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua, who was in Hanoi to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN 2018 from September 11 to 13.

Hu noted the leaders of the two countries have made toplevel designs and strategic plans for the development of bilateral ties during their exchange of visits last year.

China is enthusiastic about working with Vietnam to follow through on the pledges the leaders of both countries made to enhance the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, he stressed.

Noting that China welcomes Phuc to lead a delegation to the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in November, Hu said China stands ready to facilitate Vietnamese companies’participation.

Phuc, for his part, said Hu’s attendance at the WEF not only shows the importance attached by China to the Vietnam-China relations, but also demonstrates the brotherly friendship between the two countries.

The Vietnamese prime minister noted that developing good neighborliness and friendship as well as acrossthe-board cooperation with China is a top priority for Vietnam.

Vietnam supports and is willing to actively participate in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, he said,adding that Vietnam will join hands with China to promote the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.