Vietnam fosters cooperation with China’s Chongqing city
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang on September 24 expressed her hope that China’s Chongqing city will promote cooperation and enhance the exchanges of working delegations with Vietnam's localities, including Ho Chi Minh City.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang (R) receives Vice Mayor of Chongqing Zheng Xiangdong in Ho Chi Minh City on September 24. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang on September 24 expressed her hope that China’s Chongqing city will promote cooperation and enhance the exchanges of working delegations with Vietnam's localities, including Ho Chi Minh City.
Hosting a reception for Vice Mayor of Chongqing Zheng Xiangdong, who is attending the second Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue 2024, Hang affirmed that Vietnam attaches much importance to deepening and developing the Vietnam - China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new height as well as building the Vietnam – China community with a shared future in accordance with the direction of leaders of the two Parties and States.
She highlighted the robust cooperation between localities of both nations which has contributed to the development of the bilateral relations, adding as Vietnam will open its Consulate General in Chongqing in the near future, the country wishes to receive support from the host city for effective operation of the diplomatic agency.
Hang also took this occasion to ask Chongqing to continue opening its door for Vietnamese agricultural products and creating favourable conditions for Vietnamese firms to transport goods to Europe through the city. She also requested the Chongqing authorities to continue cooperation with the Vietnamese side in the areas of tourism and people-to-people exchanges.
Zheng, for his part, affirmed that Chongqing stands ready to enhance cooperation activities with Vietnamese localities and to facilitate access for Vietnamese goods to the city, adding Vietnamese coffee and banana have been well consumed in the city's market.
൲ Many favourable policies, which will be put into place in the coming time, will bring more Vietnamese to Chongqing and vice versa. Chongqing has preserved various historical sites related to President Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary activities in China, he said./.
Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vo Van Hoan on October 13 received Deputy Mayor of China's Chongqing city, Zhang Guozhi to discuss directions for promoting cooperation between the two localities in the coming time.
More than 30 enterprises from southwest China's Chongqing city invested in 21 manufacturing projects worth over 569 million USD in Vietnam by the end of 2022, Trieu Thuy Nga, head of the Vietnam trade promotion office in the Chinese city reported.
Thanks to the close cooperation between Vietnamese and Chinese travel firms and harmonised tourism promotion policies of the two countries, the number of Vietnamese and Chinese tourists travelling to the other country has completely recovered with strong growth potential.
The Vietnamese Embassy advises the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Israel to strictly comply with directions from the Home Front Command and local authorities.
Lawmakers are set to vote on revisions and amendments to a broad spectrum of legal frameworks and impactful resolutions during the final week of the 15th NA's 9th session.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) has served as a bridge connecting and uniting the community with the homeland, becoming a trusted source of support for Vietnamese expats in times of hardship.
The programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses has achieved notable results, with nearly 263,000 housing units addressed to date, including 225,000 houses inaugurated and 38,000 under construction. Thirty-eight provinces and cities across the nation have already fulfilled their targets.
Stronger efforts and determination are required to achieve and surpass the set targets, especially in the eradication of makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide, the acceleration of public investment disbursement, and the implementation of nationally important transport projects, PM Pham Minh Chinh noted.
The trip will be made at the invitations of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF President and CEO Børge Brende, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Long spoke highly of the dynamic, positive, and comprehensive development of Vietnam – Russia relations in recent years. He affirmed that the Vietnamese Party and State place great importance on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in a substantive and effective manner, in line with the development needs of both nations.
At the conference, participants reported that the Government has so far issued 28 decrees on the delegation of responsibilities and powers between the central Government and two-tier local administrations. Several localities have already piloted the new governance model.
Reality is the ultimate benchmark for success, he said, urging drafting agencies to work out policies that foster development, reduce bureaucratic hurdles, and respect practical conditions.
Under the official dispatch signed on June 20, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’s Committees are requested to concentrate efforts on implementing core measures to ensure the smooth operations of the new administrative framework.
The Party chief underscored the need for the press to innovate relentlessly, evolve to keep pace with the country's development, transform into a truly professional, humanistic, and modern sector that serves the cause of the Party, the State, and the people on the path to national construction and development.
The UN Secretary-General praised Vietnam’s remarkable achievements in socio-economic development and international integration in recent years, noting that the country has emerged as a model in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), promoting international peace and security, and engaging in key UN processes.
Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
The Party and State of Vietnam always attach great importance to and give top priority to the development of Vietnam–China relations. Vietnam is ready to work with the Chinese Party and State to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and promote the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
Under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh and the CPV, President Cuong said, the press has been a steadfast force on the ideological and cultural front, rallying the masses to pursue national aspirations.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man stressed the need to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and smart teaching equipment, innovate teaching and assessment methods, and further improve the quality of formal education.
He also pledged that the NA will promote its ongoing supervision, making sure that every promise must lead to results, and every commitment must bring about real changes.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien welcomed the proposals put forward by the US side and reiterated Vietnam’s request for consideration of key areas of interest, including reciprocal tariff policies and access for Vietnamese key export products to the US market.
