Party General Secretary To Lam and Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping. (Photo: VOV)

Party General Secretary To Lam, State President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Do Van Chien exchanged congratulatory messages with Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zhao Leji and Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee Wang Huning.

The Vietnamese leaders said the Party, State, and people of Vietnam always value and remember the invaluable and effective cooperation and support given by the Party, State, and people of China during different periods of history. Developing the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation with China remains a consistent policy and a top priority in Vietnam's foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, and diversification and multilateralisation.

Amid profound changes in the global and regional landscape, and as the socialist cause in each country enters a pivotal stage, the top leaders of the two Parties and States have agreed to further strengthen the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, promote the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.

Meanwhile, the congratulatory messages from the Chinese leaders said that China and Vietnam, two friendly socialist neighbors, represent a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance. In advancing socialism, the two sides have learned from each other and moved forward together, thereby deepening their comprehensive strategic cooperation.

On this occasion, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son exchanged congratulatory messages with Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Liu Jianchao and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi.