Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with Chinese Premier Li Qiang
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his appreciation and sincere thanks for the close and effective coordination between Prime Minister Li Qiang and the Chinese State Council in promoting bilateral cooperation.
According to a special correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency, on October 27, on the occasion of attending the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
At the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully conveyed the regards and best wishes of General Secretary To Lam and key leaders of Vietnam to General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Li Qiang and key leaders of China.
The Prime Minister also congratulated China on successfully organizing the 4th Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (the 4th Central Committee), building the 15th Five-Year Plan with a high-quality development orientation; at the same time, he informed Prime Minister Li Qiang about Vietnam's new theoretical and practical achievements and the preparations for the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
The two Prime Ministers highly appreciated the positive and comprehensive progress in all areas of the Vietnam-China relationship in recent times. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his appreciation and sincere thanks for the close and effective coordination between Premier Li Qiang and the Chinese State Council in promoting bilateral cooperation.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that the two sides maintain high-level exchanges, strengthen political trust; promote coordination mechanisms and strategic exchanges between the two countries; and raise the level of defense-security cooperation pillars.
Emphasizing the importance of railway cooperation for the development of each country, the Prime Minister suggested that the two sides make good use of the mechanism of the Vietnam-China Joint Railway Cooperation Committee, giving the highest priority to this key cooperation field; and suggested that China actively coordinate with Vietnam on preferential loans, railway human resources training and cooperation in building the Railway Industrial Complex.
The two Prime Ministers also discussed measures to respond to recent developments in tariff policies and specific measures to promote the healthy and more balanced development of economic and trade relations between the two countries.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that China continue to import high-quality agricultural products from Vietnam; the two sides promote the expansion of smart border gate models, actively study cross-border economic cooperation models; cooperate in electricity connection and speed up the implementation of Chinese aid projects in Vietnam; and strengthen science and technology cooperation to become a new bright spot in bilateral relations.
Agreeing with the cooperation focuses mentioned by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister Li Qiang affirmed that the Chinese State Council is ready to work with the Vietnamese Government to implement and concretize the common perception between the top leaders of the two Parties and two countries; strengthen high-level strategic exchanges; promote cooperation to achieve substantive progress, especially in areas of mutual interest such as economy-trade, high-quality investment, and railway infrastructure connection.
At the meeting, the two sides had a frank, sincere and constructive exchange on maritime issues in line with the spirit of high-level common awareness on controlling and resolving disagreements, contributing to maintaining peace, stability and development in the region as well as in the world./.