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Gov’t chief receives Party Secretary of China's Guangxi

VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Chen Gang, member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in Ha Noi on February 18.

Posts Kim Anh

February 19, 2025 7:06 AM GMT+7
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) meets with Chen Gang, member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Ha Noi, February 18, 2025 - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Pham warmly welcomed Chen on his working visit to Viet Nam to attend a New Year meeting between the Party secretaries of Viet Nam's Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang and Ha Giang provinces, and China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Pham also applauded the significance of Guangxi's Party leaders visiting Viet Nam for three consecutive years, which shows Guangxi's commitment to deepening friendship and cooperation with Vietnamese localities.

Chen, who is also Chairman of the People's Congress Standing Committee of Guangxi, expressed his pleasure at visiting Viet Nam for the first time.

Chen spoke highly of Viet Nam's development, reaffirming Guangxi's strong focus on reinforcing ties with Vietnamese localities, especially the four provinces bordering Guangxi. He reassured the Chinese side's determination to effectively implement the high-level common perceptions to practically contribute to relations between the two Parties and countries.

Pham expressed appreciation for Guangxi's historical ties with Viet Nam, noting that it holds many significant landmarks related to President Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary activities.

He also praised Guangxi's role as China's leading province in fostering exchanges and cooperation with Viet Nam, serving as a gateway between China and ASEAN.

The Prime Minister took the occasion to encourage Guangxi and Vietnamese localities to innovate and enhance the quality of their cooperation mechanisms to deliver tangible benefits to the people.

He called for accelerated connectivity in transport infrastructure, underscoring the significance of the two key standard-gauge railway projects of Lang Son – Ha Noi and of Mong Cai – Ha Long – Hai Phong.

He also stressed the need to expedite the construction of a smart border gate at the Huu Nghi – Youyi Guan international border crossing, to facilitate the imports of Vietnamese goods into China and third countries.

Chen agreed with the Prime Minister's recommendations, highlighting the vast cooperation potential between Guangxi and Vietnamese localities, suggesting the two sides strengthen their transport connectivity, particularly railway linkages, and accelerate the development of smart border gates to enhance border goods clearance efficiency.

Chen also proposed the two sides should advance cross-border economic cooperation, starting with a pilot industrial cooperation zone between Guangxi and Vietnam's northern province of Quang Ninh.

He announced a plan to establish a China-ASEAN artificial intelligence cooperation center in Nanning to promote collaboration with Viet Nam and other ASEAN nations in the field.

Chen took the occasion to invite Vietnamese leaders to attend the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), scheduled for September 17-21 in Nanning, and sought the Vietnamese Government's support for the event./.