Vietnam thanks Guangxi for presenting vaccine against COVID-19
Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son talked on the phone with Party Secretary of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Lu Xinshe on September 14, congratulating Guangxi on its achievements in recent years, especially in controlling the pandemic and maintaining socio-economic development momentum, as well as its successful organisation of the 18th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO).
Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (L) talks on the phone with Party Secretary of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Lu Xinshe. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son talked on the phone with Party Secretary of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Lu Xinshe onSeptember 14, congratulating Guangxi on its achievements in recent years, especially in controlling the pandemic and maintaining socio-economic development momentum, as well as its successful organisation of the 18th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO).
Son thanked Guangxi for its decision to grant 800,000 doses of SinoPharmvaccine and medical equipment and supplies in support of Vietnam’s pandemic preventionand control.
He affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State and peoplealways attach great importance to developing the friendship and comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China, and supportVietnamese ministries, sectors and localities in strengthening ties withGuangxi.
The Vietnamese FM suggested the two sides maintainexchange and contact at all levels in a flexible form; step up the sharing ofinformation and policies related to pandemic prevention and control andcoordinate in this work in border areas; apply effective measures to maintainthe growth momentum of economic-trade cooperation; facilitate the import of Vietnamese goods, especially agricultural and aquatic products; coordinate in managing border areas, speed up the constructionof border gate infrastructure connectivity and soon complete internal proceduresto upgrade border gates; and promptly handle arising problems.
For his part, Lu affirmed that Guangxi appreciates the finedevelopment of China-Vietnam relations as well as the achievements in cooperationbetween Guangxi and Vietnamese ministries, sectors and localities.
Guangxi will make efforts to improve the efficiency ofcustoms clearance of goods at railway and road border gates, facilitate theimport of Vietnamese products, and well implement common perceptions of high-rankingleaders of the two parties and two countries, and strengthen friendshipexchanges and substantive cooperation with Vietnamese localities, especially thosealong the borderline, thus contributing to consolidating the China-Vietnamcomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership./.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (L) talks on the phone with Party Secretary of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Lu Xinshe. (Photo: VNA) 
