Hanoi (VNA) - Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of the its Organisation Commission,held online talks with Chen Xi, Politburo member, memberof the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Secretariat, and head ofits Organisation Department, and Rector of the CPC’s Central PartySchool.

Mai expressed her pleasure to conduct the talks on theoccasion of the CPC's 101st anniversary (July 1), and congratulated theChinese people on their great achievements under the leadership of the CPC.She affirmed that the Vietnamese Party and State believe that the Chinese Partyand State will successfully carry out their goals of building the Party and thenation, firstly the successful organisation of the 20th PartyCongress in the second half of this year.

She gave an overview of important results in theimplementation of the major goals and orientations set by the CPV’s 13th NationalCongress, with focus on Party building and rectification.

Regarding the relationship between the two Parties andcountries, Mai affirmed that Vietnam attaches great importance to inheritingand promoting the traditional friendship established by Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minhand Chinese President Mao Zedong and nurtured by generations of the twocountries’ senior leaders.

She appreciated the positive developments in the Vietnam -China relations over the past time and suggested the two sides continue tostrengthen political trust, maintain high-level exchanges and contacts; promotesubstantive and mutually beneficial cooperation, especially in the fields ofeconomics, trade and investment; and work together to maintain a peaceful andstable environment.

Regarding cooperation between the agencies, Mai spoke highlyof their specific collaboration activties, especially in the implementation ofthe cadre training cooperation plan between the two Parties in the 2016 - 2020 period,while proposing both sides continue to actively implement effectively the planin the new period.

For his part, Chen Xi affirmed that China is willing to workwith Vietnam to well implement the high-level common perception, throughconcrete actions, to deepen the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnershipbetween the two countries.

Chen suggested the two sides deepen the exchange oftheoretical and practical experience on Party building in the new situation, coordinatein the implementation of cadre training programmes and plans between the twoParties. He also briefed the Vietnamese official on the lessons the CPC has learnedin the Party building work its 19th National Congress.

The two sides agreed to continue to closely coordinate andmake more efforts to effectively implement the agreements signed by theirsenior leaders, in order to develop the comprehensive strategic cooperativepartnership healthily, stably and sustainably, for the long-term interests ofthe two Parties, countries and peoples./.