Hanoi, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- "Comrades and brothers": The friendship between China and Vietnam has endured for a long time.
Xinhua News Agency reporters Sun Hao, Li Qing, Tao Jun.
After a lapse of six years, the general secretary of the Communist Party of China is about to pay another state visit to Vietnam.
Visiting neighbors' homes and visiting comrades' homes" is a vivid portrayal of the traditional friendship between the two parties and two countries.
In Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, the reporter revisited the place where the general secretary had visited before, revisited the story of Sino-Vietnamese friendship told by the general secretary, listened to the reactions and resonances of Vietnamese friends, and more deeply felt the warmth and depth that the general secretary added to the friendship between the Chinese and Vietnamese people.
Sub-heading) Continuing the traditional friendship forged by the leaders of the older generation.
Vietnam-China friendship is deep, comrades and brothers", * The General Secretary has repeatedly quoted the popular poem of Ho Chi Minh, the leader of the older generation of Vietnam. During his intimate interaction with Vietnamese leaders and youth representatives from China and Vietnam, the general secretary also told the story of the special friendship of "comrades and brothers" on many occasions.
On the side of Hanoi's landmark Ba Dinh Square, there are Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Ho Chi Minh's former residence. When this reporter arrived at the square, the guard of honor guarding Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum was holding a changing of the guard ceremony, and many people and tourists held up their cameras or mobile phones to record the solemn moment. In Ho Chi Minh's former residence on the north side of Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, tourists from all over the world lined up to take photos under the stilt house where he lived and worked for a long time.
In 2011, when the then Vice President of the People's Republic of China visited Vietnam, the first activity was to pay homage to Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum, lay wreaths, and visit Ho Chi Minh's former residence. In 2015, during his state visit to Vietnam, he laid a wreath at Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum to pay tribute to his memory. During his state visit to Vietnam in 2017, he visited Ho Chi Minh's former residence with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong. There, the general secretary recalled the contributions of the leaders of the older generation who wholeheartedly served the people and the deep traditional friendship they had forged with each other: "We should learn from the wise and the Xi of President Ho Chi Minh, and pass on and develop the friendship between China and Vietnam for the benefit of the people of the two countries." ”
The staff at the ticket office of Ho Chi Minh's former residence still remembers this scene vividly: "The Chinese leader told our general secretary to consolidate and inherit the friendship between China and Vietnam like Uncle Hu. ”
** The general secretary once told the Chinese and Vietnamese youth representatives the story behind the title "Uncle Hu": "In the hearts of our generation of Chinese, President Ho Chi Minh is the best friend of the Chinese people, and we call him 'Uncle Hu'. He carried out revolutionary activities in China for a total of 12 years, and his revolutionary footprints were all over the country, and he forged a fighting friendship with Chinese comrades who breathed the same breath, shared the same fate, and were heart-to-heart. ”
In a signed article published on the eve of his visit to Vietnam in 2017, the general secretary quoted Ho Chi Minh's metaphor to describe Vietnam's relations with China – "like hands and feet, like pestles and mortars, like roots and stems, like brothers and brothers", and then used an ancient Chinese proverb to express the essence of China-Vietnam friendship - "Brothers are of one heart, and their benefits are gold".
Subheading) The descendants of the "generals of the two countries" are busy working for Sino-Vietnamese friendship.
The Chinese and Vietnamese peoples have supported each other and shared weal and woe in the struggle for national independence and national liberation, leaving behind many good stories. In 2015 and 2017, on the eve of the two visits of the general secretary to Vietnam, the story of the "generals of the two countries" was mentioned in the signed article.
In response to the call of President Ho Chi Minh, the famous Vietnamese general Hung actively participated in the Chinese revolution and participated in the Red Army's 25,000-mile Long March, becoming the only foreign general among the founding generals of New China and one of the few 'generals of the two countries' in the world. The general secretary wrote in a signed article in 2015.
Just like my grandfather back then, my current job is to promote friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and China. Ho Thi Thuang Thu, the granddaughter of General Hung and deputy editor-in-chief of Vietnam News Agency's Vietnam Pictorial, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency.
He Shixiangqiu used to study systematics XiChinese in Beijing, and for many years, he has been engaged in work that "has not left Chinese major". "I use Chinese to introduce all aspects of Vietnam to Chinese readers. I am happy and proud to be able to contribute to strengthening mutual understanding between the Vietnamese and Chinese peoples through my work. ”
Ho Thi Thu Thu is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam-China Friendship Association. She said that looking forward to the future, the Vietnam-China Friendship Association looks forward to holding more activities and playing a greater role in promoting exchanges between the two peoples.
**The General Secretary's visit coincides with the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries. Ho Thi Thu Thu said that over the past 15 years, under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two parties and two countries, Vietnam-China relations have developed fruitfully.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit to China last year was an important milestone in the development of bilateral relations, and we look forward to the upcoming visit to Vietnam by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to bring bilateral relations to a new level. She said.
Sub-heading) Medal of Friendship: The Tree of Friendship contains deep friendship.
The friendship between the leaders of the older generation of the two parties and two countries and cemented with the blood of the two peoples is worth remembering and cherishing, and should be inherited, safeguarded, and carried forward.
In recent years, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong have maintained close communication through various means, and reached many important consensus on guiding the development of China-Vietnam relations, which have been fully implemented and achieved remarkable results.
In 2015 and 2017, the top leaders of the two parties and two countries exchanged visits during the year, guiding the direction and drawing up a blueprint for the development of relations between the two parties and two countries.
In 2022, Nguyen Phu Trong led Vietnamese leaders to visit China as the first head-of-state delegation after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. During this visit, General Secretary ** awarded Nguyen Phu Trong the "Order of Friendship" of the People's Republic of China.
** The General Secretary said that the "Friendship Medal" represents the friendly feelings of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people towards General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and the Vietnamese people, symbolizes the deep friendship between China and Vietnam as "comrades and brothers", and contains the earnest hope of the two parties and the two peoples to jointly pursue a better future. In his reply speech, Nguyen Phu Trong said that he wished the Vietnamese-Chinese relations of "comrades and brothers" to become a model of international relations for generations to come.
In August this year, Nguyen Phu Trong inspected the Vietnam-China Friendship Border Friendship - Friendship Pass Port – known as the Friendship Pass Port in China and the Friendship Port in Vietnam. Nguyen Phu Trong planted a "Friendship Tree". As far as the reporter knows, this is a banyan tree. On both sides of the border, where "mountains are connected and water is connected", it is common to see large banyan trees with green shade, which are still flourishing after wind and rain.
Subheading) Injecting "youthful strength" into Sino-Vietnamese friendship
In Longzhou County, Chongzuo, Guangxi, dozens of kilometers away from the Friendship Pass, there is a Ho Chi Minh Pavilion, which records the years of Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese revolutionary fighters in China and the deep friendship with the Chinese people, and also witnesses the inheritance of friendship between the younger generation of China and Vietnam.
From the addition of the "China-Vietnam Youth Friendship Exchange Theme Pavilion" to the establishment of the "China-Vietnam Youth Friendship Education Base", the exhibition hall has created opportunities for exchanges between the young generation of the two countries. On the day of the inauguration of the education base, on the banner of "Always be the first person of friendship between China and Vietnam", the youth representatives of China and Vietnam solemnly signed to commemorate the occasion.
Many local schools and youth organizations use the pavilion as a base for patriotic education, and the Vietnamese side will also organize young people to visit the pavilion to receive education, and many Vietnamese tourists will come to the pavilion to remember their beloved President Ho Chi Minh. Li Min, who has served as the director of the Ho Chi Minh Pavilion for nearly 8 years, told reporters.
Relatives are getting closer, friends are getting closer and closer.
When we heard the news that Grandpa was going to visit Vietnam, we were looking forward to it!Hanoi middle school student Le Yuet Thieu told reporters. This Vietnamese girl has been studying XiChinese for 6 years, and this year she went to China to participate in the 16th "Chinese Bridge" World Student Chinese Competition.
Le Yuet Truong said: Vietnam and China share common cultures and people-to-people ties. "As a young generation in Vietnam, I would like to be a bridge of friendship between Vietnam and China. She said.
The traditional friendship is a precious asset of the two parties, two countries and peoples of China and Vietnam, and it will surely transcend the long river of history and endure for a long time. (Participating reporter: Sun.)
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