Acting Foreign Minister receives Chinese Ambassador to Viet Nam

Acting Foreign Minister Le affirmed that consolidating and fostering stable, long-term friendly cooperation with China with China remains a consistent policy, an objective necessity, and a top priority in Viet Nam's foreign policy. 

He emphasized that Viet Nam highly values China's development achievements and consistently supports its its growing strength and increasingly positive role in promoting peace, stability, and development in the region and the world.

To effectively implement the common perceptions reached by the top leaders of the two Parties and countries, Le suggested that the two sides’ diplomatic agencies strengthen their coordination and advise on maintaining regular high-level strategic exchanges.

He also called for advancing defense and security cooperation, enhancing economic connectivity with a focus on cross-border railway projects, and promoting practical partnership in trade, investment, science-technology, and innovation, while bolstering people-to-people exchanges to reinforce the social foundation for the bilateral ties.

On maritime issues, Le urged both countries to seriously implement high-level common perceptions on better managing and resolving differences, properly handle maritime matters in a spirit of friendship, mutual respect for legitimate rights and interests, and in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Ambassador He agreed with and appreciated Le's views, affirming that the Chinese Party and State attach great importance and give high priority to relations with Viet Nam in China’s neighbourhood diplomacy.

He said China is ready to work with Viet Nam to maintain regular high-level strategic exchanges, deepen practical cooperation across sectors, and effectively implement activities under the Year of Viet Nam - China Humanistic Exchange and the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations. These efforts would help deepen the Viet Nam-China Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and community with a shared future that carries strategic significance./.