BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- China is willing to work with Vietnam to promote all-round connectivity covering land, sea and air, improve trade and investment facilitation, seize opportunities in emerging industries, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks in Beijing when meeting with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, who is in China for the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
Since the beginning of this year, under the personal leadership of the top leaders of the two parties and the two countries, the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future has been deepened and solidified, said Wang, noting that China is willing to work with Vietnam to implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two parties and the two countries and enhance high-level exchanges.
Wang said China stands ready to join hands with Vietnam to strengthen multilateral coordination on platforms such as East Asia Cooperation, properly handle maritime issues, and jointly maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea.
Wang called on the two sides to support each other in successfully hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting.
Noting that the two parties share common ideals and beliefs, as well as their approaches to governing the party and the country, Wang said that they should enhance mutual learning and support, continuously enrich the contemporary connotations of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, advance the modernization process of their respective countries, and inject new impetus into the rejuvenation of the world socialist cause.
For his part, Trung congratulated the successful convening of the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and expressed belief that the important arrangements of the meeting would help China enter a new stage of development.
Vietnam is willing to work with China to implement the consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and the two countries, and enhance the alignment of development strategies, said Trung.
He noted that Vietnam commended the achievements of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation and positive contributions made by China, and stands ready to strengthen coordination with China to continue promoting cooperation among regional countries. ■
