Hanoi (VNA) – Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo has described the freshlyfinished visit to China by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong as a demonstration of the special importance of therelations between the two Parties and countries.

In aninterview granted to the Vietnam News Agency, he highlighted the visit by the leader Trong was the first to China by a foreign leader after the20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Thetrip was highly important as it took place in a context that socialism buildingin the countries is entering a new development period, reflecting the special importanceof the relations between the two Parties and the two countries.

The top leaders of the two Partiesmet again after five years and together outlined a roadmap and orientations forthe development of the China - Vietnam relations in the new period, furtherintensified the two Parties, States, and peoples’ common political perceptionabout the promotion of bilateral ties, and sent out a clear message that bothsides will enhance solidarity and cooperation and stay persistent in the pathto socialism, the ambassador noted.

The visit will definitely promote theChina - Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new erato a new level, he opined.

Xiong noted General Secretaries XiJinping and Nguyen Phu Trong held talks during which they informed each other of significant achievements in socialism building in each country, showingthat the common perceptions between the top leaders of the two Parties havebeen carried out fully and comprehensively and obtained obvious results.

The leaders affirmed the importanceof the persistence in the path to socialism, the reinforcement of solidsocialist economic foundations, and the capitalisation of the traditional friendship,in which the countries are both comrades and brothers, in the new context. Theyagreed to maintain the motto of “friendly neighbourliness, comprehensive cooperation,long-term stability, and looking towards the future” and the spirit of “goodneighbours, good friends, good comrades, and good partners”. They also agreedto consolidate the traditional friendship, increase strategic exchanges,strengthen political trust, properly control differences, and bring the China -Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new era to a newheight.

The two sides also witnessed thesigning of 13 cooperation documents in different areas, includingParty-to-Party exchange, economy - trade, environmental protection, culture -tourism, justice, customs, and locality-to-locality cooperation. They issued astrong joint statement that highly affirms the development of bilateralrelations, according to the diplomat.

To demonstrate the CPC and Chinesepeople’s friendship with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and the Vietnamesepeople, the Chinese side made many special arrangements.

CPC General Secretary and Presidentof China Xi Jinping presented the Friendship Order to CPV General SecretaryNguyen Phu Trong. In the banquet held in honour of the Vietnamese leader, the hostleader introduced each member in the Standing Board of the CPC’s Politburo forthe new tenure to his guest, which clearly illustrated the political resolve ofthe new CPC leadership in joining Vietnam to make efforts and develop.

Ambassador Xiong expressed his beliefthat the visit has left a considerable milestone in the two countries’ good diplomaticrelations and also given a strong impulse to the development of the relationsbetween the two Parties and the two countries in the new period./.