Mr. Lam said Vietnam’s Party and State always regard the development of ties with China as a consistent policy, an objective requirement, a strategic choice, and a top priority in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization and diversification. China’s Party and State also identify Vietnam as a priority direction in its neighborhood diplomacy and an important component of its broader foreign policy.
He stressed the need to further consolidate the political foundation of Vietnam-China relations and continue maintaining regular high-level exchanges, increasing strategic sharing, making full use of existing mechanisms, and effectively implementing cooperation across the channels of the Party, Government, National Assembly/National People's Congress, Vietnam Fatherland Front/Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, as well as ministries and sectors.
In the coming phase, cooperation between the two countries needs to move strongly from "increasing scale" to "improving quality"; from expanding trade to deeper connections among development strategies, economic corridors, production chains, supply chains, and strategic infrastructure, according to the top leader.
Vietnam hopes to work with China to accelerate projects connecting railways, expressways, and border trade infrastructure (logistics, smart border gates, etc.); boost more balanced, healthy, and sustainable trade development; and create conditions for Chinese investment in Vietnam to increasingly focus on areas of Vietnam’s priority and China’s strengths. Science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation should become the new focus of Vietnam-China relations.
The top leader wrote Vietnam consistently regards China’s stable and high-quality development as an important factor for peace, cooperation and development in the region, as well as an opportunity for neighboring countries, including Vietnam. He expressed this belief that his visit to China will continue opening up a new space for development and to elevate strategic connectivity between the two countries in the time ahead.
