China.com commentator Hua Zhang.
At the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vo Van Thanh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China will pay a state visit to Vietnam from December 12 to 13. In the past year, there have been frequent high-level interactions between China and Vietnam. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh of Vietnam, and Vo Van Thanh of Vietnam have visited China one after another, continuing the fine tradition of frequent high-level exchanges between the two countries. The President's visit to Vietnam will further consolidate the political mutual trust between the two countries, promote mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, bring the two peoples closer to each other, and push China-Vietnam relations into a new era.
In China's neighborhood diplomacy, relations with Vietnam play an important role. ** The President has repeatedly quoted the poems of Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the older generation of Vietnam, praising "the deep friendship between Vietnam and China, comrades and brothers". This special friendship of "comrades and brothers" is not only due to the fact that the two countries are separated by a strip of water, and have maintained close ties like neighbors since ancient times, but also are rooted in the same social system, ideals and beliefs of the two countries. In their respective undertakings for national liberation, the two parties and two countries supported each other and forged a profound revolutionary friendshipIn the course of their respective socialist modernization drives, the paths of reform and development of the two countries can provide each other with successful experiences that can be used for reference. On October 20 this year, when meeting with Vietnam's Vo Van Thanh who attended the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, he said: "Both China and Vietnam are advancing their respective socialist modernization causes, both regard China-Vietnam relations as the priority direction of their respective foreign policies, and both regard each other's development as their own development opportunities. "This natural sense of closeness and strong willingness to cooperate between China and Vietnam has helped to push the relations between the two countries to a new level.
In recent years, China and Vietnam have been committed to implementing the Belt and Road Initiative and Vietnam's "Two Corridors and One Belt" strategy, and deepening economic, trade and investment cooperation through the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and various mechanisms under the ASEAN framework. China has been Vietnam's largest partner for many years, while Vietnam is China's largest partner in ASEAN and the fourth largest partner in the world. The bilateral volume between China and Vietnam has exceeded $200 billion for two consecutive years, and in the first 10 months of this year, the bilateral volume has reached $185.1 billion.
Modern factories invested by Chinese companies in Vietnam have sprung up in industrial parks in Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong and other places, creating a large number of local jobsAs a landmark project of the China-Vietnam Belt and Road Initiative, Hanoi Light Rail Line 2 has been increasingly popular with Hanoi citizens since its opening in November 2021 due to its green, convenient and reasonable fares, carrying more than 17.5 million passengers so far, effectively alleviating the traffic congestion along the line, and becoming an Internet celebrity check-in place and a new landmark in the city for Vietnamese young people to "see the capital from the air" on weekendsIn Sok Son County, Hanoi, a Chinese company has invested in the construction of Vietnam's largest waste-to-energy plant, helping Vietnam's green energy transition and solving the problem of waste pollution that has plagued the local people for a long time.
**The chairman once said that the friendship between countries lies in the people-to-people relationship, and the people-to-people relationship should start from the youth. More than 60 years ago, during the war-torn era, more than 10,000 Vietnamese teachers and students came to China to study, Xi and live, writing a moving chapter of friendly exchanges and mutual help between Chinese and Vietnamese youths. More than 60 years later, when the relations between the two countries are about to enter a new historical stage, the young people of the two countries have joined hands to continuously tighten the emotional ties between the two peoples and build a solid foundation of public opinion for the development of bilateral relations. From thousands of people participating in the China-Vietnam Youth Friendship Meeting, to nearly 10,000 youth representatives attending the China-Vietnam Youth Gala, to more and more young people from the two countries choosing to learn each other'Xi s languages, travel and study in each other's countries, and love each other's film and television variety shows, the channels for youth interaction and people-to-people exchanges between China and Vietnam are constantly expanding, and the scope of exchanges is becoming wider and wider. The acquaintance, acquaintance and blind date between young people will allow the friendship between China and Vietnam to be passed on from generation to generation like a tinder.
Last year, when President ** and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong met in Beijing, they issued the "Joint Statement on Further Strengthening and Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership between China and Vietnam", which pointed out the direction and drew a blueprint for the development of bilateral relations in the next stage. The President's visit to Vietnam coincides with the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Vietnam. It is opportune to take this opportunity to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and open a new chapter in China-Vietnam relations. Looking to the future, the increasingly mellow "comrade and brother" friendship between China and Vietnam will not only benefit the people of the two countries, but also inject more stability and development impetus into the troubled Asia-Pacific region and the world.
Editor: Gao Peining, Zhang Yanling, Cai Xiaojuan.