On August 27, President Li Xiaolin met with H. E. Nguyen Van Tho, who is leaving his post as Ambassador of Vietnam to China.

President Li expressed gratitude to Ambassador Nguyen for supporting the work of the CPAFFC over the years and looked forward to his continuous efforts in promoting the China-Vietnam people-to-people friendship in the future. President Li said, I visited Vietnam twice this year. the traditional friendship of “Comrades and Brothers”between the two countries left me deep impressions. We are willing to join hands with the Vietnam side and push forward the bilateral relations as well as the people-to-people friendship.

Ambassador Nguyen spoke highly on the work of the CPAFFC and China-Vietnam Friendship Association(CVFA), and thanked the two associations for the great support and help during his term. He hoped the CPAFFC and CVFA would continue to support and cooperate with the embassy to carry forward and develop the traditional friendship.

Mr.Wang Jinshan, President of CVFA, Ms. Lin Yi, Vice President of CPAFFC and Mr. Qi Jianguo, Vice President of CVFA also attended the meeting.