Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Tran, who is accompanying Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue on a six-day official visit to China, and Wang are the co-chairs of the Viet Nam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation.

In a sincere and friendly atmosphere, the two sides engaged in in-depth discussions on bilateral ties and regional and international issues of shared interests.

They agreed to effectively implement the Joint Statement on further deepening and elevating the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, and building a Viet Nam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance in line with six major orientations agreed upon by high-ranking leaders of the two Parties and countries.

The two sides agreed to effectively carry out exchanges and contacts at all levels, further promote the role of the Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation in overseeing the implementation of the two countries' high-level perceptions.

Both sides agreed to effectively carry out defense and security cooperation activities, strengthen strategic connectivity, especially railway and road infrastructure, speed up the opening, upgrading and recognition of border gates and pilot the construction of smart border gates to facilitate Vietnamese goods transit through China to third countries via the Asia-Europe railway.

The two sides also agreed to increase local-to-local and people-to-people exchanges to reinforce social foundation, maintain exchanges and coordination in regional and international issues of common concern, coordinate closely in management and protection of the land borderline, and control differences at sea in line with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea./.