Truong Thi Mai, Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, (centre) presents flowers to congratulate the Executive Committee of the Vietnam - China Friendship Association for the 2023-2028 term. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)🉐 – The Vietnam-China FriendshipAssociation (VCFA) organised its 7th NationalCongress for the 2023-2028 term in Hanoi on November 25.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong, President Vo Van Thuong, and Truong Thi Mai, member of thePolitical Bureau, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, and Chairwoman of the Organisation Commission of the CPV’s Central Committee sent baskets of flowers to congratulate the congress. In her remarks, Mai reaffirmed the importanceof General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit to China in October 2022. The continuation of promoting and deepening the Vietnam-Chinacomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new era is a veryimportant factor for peace, stability and development in each country, as wellas the region and the world, she said, adding that this also meets the aspirations andinterests of the two nations' people.
Mai hailed the results of the association’s performance in thepast tenure, saying it has made positive contributions to people-to-people diplomacy in particular and Vietnam's foreign affairs in general.
♋ The VCFA has served as an important bridge that contributes tostrengthening friendship, enhancing mutual understanding and trust, promotingmutually beneficial cooperation between the people of Vietnam and China, and creating a positive, favourable social foundation for friendly and cooperative relations betweenthe two Parties and two countries.
She suggested the VCFA constantly innovate and improvethe quality and efficiency of operations in the new term, adding that attentionshould be paid to developing a younger generation of members. For his part, Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo stressed that promoting China-Vietnam relations to new heights cannot be separated from the greatsupport and active participation of the Chinese and Vietnamese people, especially the importantrole of the two friendship associations. The Executive Committee of the Vietnam-China FriendshipAssociation for the 7th term comprises 73 members. At the first meeting of the executive committee, Nguyen HoangAnh, a member of the CPV Central Committee and Chairman of the Commission for StateCapital Management at Enterprises, was elected as president of the association for the 7th term./.
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Truong Thi Mai, Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, (centre) presents flowers to congratulate the Executive Committee of the Vietnam - China Friendship Association for the 2023-2028 term. (Photo: VNA) 
