On January 13th, President Li Xiaolin and Chinese friendly-to-Vietnam representatives made a courtesy call to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of the Communist Party of Vietnam who was on an official visit to China.

General Secretary Nguyen said that the traditional friendship established by the leaders from older generations of the two countries enjoys time-honored history and the bilateral relations have made continous development in the past 67 years althrough with twist and turns. As the development of the  Vietnam-China relations foundamentally depend on the two peoples, the two friendship organizations should work hard continously to harvest more achievement in this regard.

President Li thanked Nguyen Phu Trong to spare the busy program for the meeting. She said that in the recently years, under the guidance of the General Secretaries from two parties, the China-Vietnam relations enjoy stable and smooth development. This precious momentum and its hard-won outcomes should be cherished. We are willing to make concerted efforts with the Vietnam side to contribute more to the people-to-people mutual-trust. President Li introduced the China-Vietnam People’s Meeting between Governors and Mayors held in last November during NPC Chairperson Zhang Dejiang’s visit to Vietnam, and said that CPAFFC would continue to work for the exchange and friendship between the two local governments as well as the two peoples.

President Wang Jinshan of China-Vietnam Friendship Association, Mr. Hong Xiaoyong, Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Wang Yajun, Assistant Minister of the International Department of CPC Central Commitee, CPAFFC Vice President Lin Yi was present at the meeting. Mr. Pham Binh Minh, Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam and other main accompanying delegates of General Secretary Nguyen also attended the meeting.