Vietnamese leader’s China visit consolidates foundation of bilateral ties: experts

Talking with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s resident correspondents in Beijing, Dr. Yang Danzhi at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Dr. Cui Chenhai, director of the Hong Kong social investment institute (China), shared the view that the visit, the first overseas trip by the Party leader after taking office, demonstrated the great importance both countries attach to the bilateral relations, and that the traditional, long-term cooperation has reached a new height.

Yang said the two countries’ leaders reached consensus on various aspects, and many cooperation documents were inked on this occasion, covering a wide range of areas, from Party building to industry, finance, customs clearance, Vietnam’s export to China, and other issues of shared concern.

The two sides also issued a joint statement on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries and building a Vietnam-China community with a shared future.

Such activities reflected that the bilateral cooperation has been growing more intensively and in a more practical direction, he emphasised.

According to the expert, the collaboration between the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics mentioned during the visit showed that the two sides will step up research and cooperation in the field of ideology, and that as neighboring socialist countries, Vietnam and China can promote their cooperation at many levels and in multiple realms.

The visit will contribute to consolidating the bilateral relations in a sustainable and stable manner, while positively impacting the relations between China and other Southeast Asian nations, he believed.

For his part, Cui said the two sides had in-depth discussions on the bilateral ties from historical and strategic perspectives, and more importantly they continuously deepened the relations on the existing basis.

Dr. Cui Chenhai, director of the Hong Kong social investment institute (China). (Photo: VNA)

Pointing to global economic volatilities and increasing conflicts, he said that the intensive, long-term and stable cooperation between the two countries plays a crucial role in stabilising the international political environment as well as economic development in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

China hopes for new initiatives and stronger cooperation with Vietnam in economy and trade, agriculture, transport, culture, finance, and even Party building, he stressed.

The expert suggested the two countries expand their cooperation to other spheres on the basis of the confidence in building the community with a shared future, and fostering the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, noting it would be expected that the relations will rise to new heights in the future.

Cui held that over the past years, the bilateral cooperation in trade, economy and culture has constantly been deepened, and after the visit, the two countries will engage in more specific cooperation and set up more connections, with more diverse, strategic projects.

The expert expressed his belief that apart from deepened cooperation in agriculture, health care or electronic information, the two countries will see changes in high-tech collaboration as both are shifting from traditional production to high-tech manufacturing