Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh spoke at the congress of Vietnam-China Friendship Association (Photo: baochinhphu.vn)

The congress elected a new 70-member executive board. Nguyen Xuan Thang, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, and Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, was re-elected as president of the association.

Addressing the congress, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh urged the Vietnam-China Friendship Association to enhance friendship exchanges, and promote communication on Vietnam-China relations, improve the association’s operation, and encourage the friendship between the two peoples, especially young people.

Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong said his Embassy wishes to closely partner with the association to diversify people-to-people diplomacy.