Vietnam Fatherland Front enhances ties with Chinese People’s PCC
Leaders of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (the People’s PCC) have agreed on the contents of their cooperation at a meeting in Beijing on November 27.
Beijing (VNA) – Leaders of theVietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and the Chinese People’s Political ConsultativeConference (the People’s PCC) have agreed on the contents of their cooperationat a meeting in Beijing on November 27.
At their talks, President of the VFF CentralCommittee Tran Thanh Man and Chairman of the Chinese People’s PCC Wang Yang concurredto assign their units to coordinate in finalising the draft MoU on bilateralcooperation in 2019-2024 for signing at a suitable time in 2019.
The two sides pledged to work together to preparefor a friendship exchange between the VFF chapters in Vietnam’s seven borderprovinces and the Chinese People’s PCC chapters in Guangxi and Yunnan in 2019.
They planned to coordinate with relevant agenciesto integrate their bilateral cooperative activities into the overall plan for celebrationof the two countries’ diplomatic relationship in 2020.
Earlier, the VFF leader had a meeting withChairman of the Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Li Zhanshu.
At the meeting, Man called on the two sides tointensify guidance for the strict implementation of agreements and commonperception of their senior leaders, especially those concerning sea-relatedissues, while continuing to undertake measures to promote bilateral cooperationin economy, trade, investment, security, national defence and people-to-peopleexchange.
He conveyed invitations to visit Vietnam fromVietnamese leaders to Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping andother leaders of China.
Li Zhanshu said the visit of the VFF President issignificant to promoting the friendly and cooperative relations between the twoparties and states as well as between the VFF and the Chinese People’s PCC.
He said stronger cooperation between the VFF andthe Chinese People’s PCC will contribute to taking the ties between the twocountries forward, adding that the NPC wishes and is ready to enhancepartnership and share experience with the Vietnamese National Assembly and theVFF.
The NPC Standing Committee Chairman also conveyedan invitation to visit China from Party General Secretary and President XiJinping to his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Phu Trong. -VNA
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Overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
