PANO - The Chinese Embassy in Vietnam on September 27 evening organized a party in celebration of the 67th anniversary of China’s National Day (October 1) under the chair of Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiao Young.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh; Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, Lieutenant General Nguyen Trong Nghia; Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son; ambassadors and heads of diplomatic corps of foreign countries and international organizations in Hanoi; representatives from local press agencies; and Chinese nationals who are studying and working in Vietnam participated in the event.

Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiao Young speaking at the party

Addressing the party, Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiao Young emphasized the traditional friendship between China and Vietnam, which was founded and fostered by Chinese President Mao Zedong and Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh, saying that it is the valuable treasure that the two Parties, States and peoples should continuously honor, preserve and foster.

The Ambassador also expressed his joy at the sound and stable developments in relations between the two countries and stressed that General Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to China in 2015 turned over a new leaf in the history of the two nations’ relations.

He also underscored that the recent official visit to China and the participation in the 13th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the senior official delegation of Vietnam was one of the important high-ranking visits of the two countries, serving as new driving forces for the development of China-Vietnam relationship.

Thanks to the sound leadership of the two sides’ leaders, cooperation between the two sides in economics, trade, investment, defense and law enforcement has been developed in a practical and effective manner. In the first half of this year, Vietnam, for the first time, became China’s biggest trade partner in ASEAN. This shows that the two countries still have much potential for cooperation.

At this point, the two sides are actively connecting China’s initiative “one belt-one road” and Vietnam’s plan “two corridors-one belt”.

To conclude, the Chinese Ambassador believed that with the two sides’ great efforts, the China-Vietnam relationship will further develop.

Translated by Mai Huong