On the afternoon of June 27, 2023, President Xi Jinping met at the Great Hall of the People with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Thanh, who was on an official visit to China.

Xi Jinping emphasized that both China and Vietnam are socialist countries, comrades with a high degree of mutual trust, partners of mutual benefit and win-win results, and friends who know each other well.The two sides should deepen exchanges of experience in party governance, adhere to the concept of putting the people first, and firmly support each other in taking the path of socialism and modernization with its own characteristics that suit its own national conditions.The two sides should jointly build the Belt and Road with high quality, strengthen the docking of development strategies, give play to complementary advantages, and accelerate practical cooperation in infrastructure, smart customs, green energy and other fields.China is willing to import more marketable Vietnamese products, and Vietnam is welcome to actively participate in the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and the China International Import Expo in the second half of this year.The two sides should enrich people-to-people and cultural exchanges, enhance mutual understanding between the two peoples, especially the younger generation, and build a solid social foundation for the development of bilateral relations.The two sides should jointly oppose decoupling and disconnection, oppose the pan-politicization of economic and technological issues, safeguard international fairness and justice and their own development rights, promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction, and create a peaceful and stable external environment for the modernization of the two countries.

Pham Minh Thanh said that China is a major country in the world and a close friend of Vietnam. The sustainable development of long-term, stable and sound Vietnam-China relations has always been the strategic choice and top priority of the Vietnamese party and government.The Vietnamese side always remembers and sincerely thanks the Chinese side for its long-term valuable help to Vietnam, and cherishes the relationship of comrades and brothers carefully cultivated by the older generation of leaders.The Vietnamese side is proud of the major achievements made by the Communist Party of China in theoretical innovation and practical innovation, and believes that under the strong leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, China will successfully realize Chinese-style modernization and become a powerful modern socialist country.The Vietnamese side firmly adheres to the one-China policy, supports President Xi Jinping's global development initiatives, global security initiatives, and global civilization initiatives, and supports China's accession to the "Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement."Cooperation in various fields has promoted the continuous development of Vietnam-China relations.Vietnam opposes politicization of economic issues, and is willing to work closely with China to prevent and deal with various risks and challenges, prevent any force from alienating Vietnam-China relations, and build a Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with a shared destiny.Editor/Ma Xue