VN, Chinese border localities look at ways to strengthen cooperation

CAI A meeting between secretaries of the Party Committees of the Vietnamese northern border provinces of Lào Cai, Điện Biên, Hà Giang and Lai Châu, and China’s Yunnan province took place virtually on Wednesday.

The link was also connected to the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing, the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and the Chinese Embassy in Hà Nội.

All the secretaries agreed that in the past year, the Vietnamese and Chinese border localities have seriously implemented the common perceptions reached at the first meeting, and actively exchanged experience on Party building and poverty reduction.

They also effectively cooperated in disease prevention and control, and established exchange and cooperation mechanisms on agriculture.

The two sides agreed that under the direction of the Vietnam-china Land Border Joint Committee, the Vietnamese localities and Yunnan should actively implement development cooperation activities in accordance with the three legal documents on the Việt Nam - China land border and related agreements; and jointly build a border line of peace, stability and friendship.

Addressing the event, deputy head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee Guo Yezhou and deputy head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Ngô Lê Văn highly valued the cooperation results between Việt Nam's localities and Yunnan province in 2021, expressing their hope that the two sides will continue to strengthen cooperation in various fields.