(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan voiced pleasure at the development of the friendship and cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China, particularly Yunnan province, during a meeting with Yunnan’s Vice Governor Liu Huiyan in Hanoi on Tuesday.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan receives Yunnan’s Vice Governor Liu Huiyan  (Photo: VNA)

He said that, to foster economic development and cooperation between the two countries, Vietnam will complete the Hanoi – Lao Cai highway by 2014 as scheduled, while asking China to finish the Kunming – Lao Cai highway early so that the trading line will soon open. The Vice Governor of Yunnan thanked Deputy PM Nhan for his warm welcome, expressing his impression at Vietnam’s recent socio-economic development. Liu noted that with the efforts of both sides, infrastructure will soon be improved to further bilateral economic and trade cooperation.