Vietnamese, Chinese front organisations cement ties
Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Phung Khanh Tai and Deputy Secretary General of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee Zou Jiayi co-chaired a teleconference between the two sides on April 29.
The Vietnamese participants in the teleconference bewteen the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee (Photo: baochinhphu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vice Presidentof the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Phung Khanh Tai andDeputy Secretary General of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee Zou Jiayi co-chaired a teleconference between the two sides on April 29.
Congratulating Vietnam’s achievementsin the COVID-19 combat and socio-economic development, Zou affirmed that as neighbouring countries, Vietnam and China always keep in mind the “Four Goods”spirit of “good neighbours, good friends, good comrades, and good partners”,which is the basis for further intensifying the VFF - CPPCC cooperation.
He suggested that depending on theCOVID-19 situation, the two sides should flexibly organise friendship exchangessuch as online meetings and phone talks between the two organisations and theircountries’ border provinces.
On behalf of the VFF CentralCommittee, Tai thanked the Chinese Party, Government, and people for donating alarge volume of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam. He also highly valued the CPPCC’sachievements in the recent past and expressed his belief that the Chinese organisation willobtain more successes in the time ahead.
Voicing his support for the Chinese official’s opinions, he said he hopes thetwo sides will organise high-level mutual visits soon, stressing that the VFFCentral Committee is ready to work with the CPPCC National Committee tomaintain contact in flexible forms.
Both sides should also press on withimplementing the common perceptions reached at the phone talks in earlySeptember 2021 between Do Van Chien, Secretary of the Communist Part of VietnamCentral Committee and President of the VFF Central Committee, and Wang Yang,member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China’s PoliticalBureau and Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, thereby continuing todevelop bilateral cooperation in a result-oriented manner.
In addition, it is also necessary tofurther encouraging VFF and CPPCC committees at all levels and their member organisationsto increase communications about the two countries’ friendship, thus contributingto the relations between the two Parties, States, and peoples, according toTai./.
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The country is willing to participate in collective efforts to promote cooperation and mobilise resources to advance the current priority issues of developing countries, such as trade, investment, infrastructure connectivity, making the most of scientific and technological advances for development, and people-to-people exchanges, Hang said.
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The Vietnamese participants in the teleconference bewteen the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee (Photo: baochinhphu.vn) 
