Vietnam-China relations further strengthen
Truong Tan Sang, a Politburo member and standing member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee, warmly received Cai Wu, member of the Party Central Committee and Minister of Culture of China in Hanoi on December 2.
Sang described the visit as a practical contribution to further strengthening cooperative ties between the two cultural ministries as well as the relationship between the two Parties and countries on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
He said that over the past 60 years, the friendly and traditional relations between the two countries have been developing strongly, especially in politics, economics, culture, science and technology, education, healthcare and security and defence.
He added that the two Parties’ close cooperation in theoretical work and human resources training has made important contributions to dealing with important issues in the process of building socialism.
Cai Wu affirmed that leaders of the Party, Government and Chinese people always value the development of traditional relations with Vietnam, pledging to incessantly strengthen and develop the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with the Vietnamese Party, State and people.
On the occasion, he also briefed Sang on the results of his working session with the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The two ministries have agreed to strengthen cooperation by implementing several new cooperation agreements. They vowed to effectively realise their cooperative agreement signed for the 2010-2012 period and recognised Vietnam’s proposal on China’s assistance to the country in conservation work and promoting the exchange of information and experiences in order to develop the cultural sector in Vietnam.
They also agreed to go ahead with the organization of a Cultural Week in each country, as well as other cultural and artistic activities to support Ha Long Bay’s bid to become one of seven new world wonders.
On the same day, the Chinese delegation was received by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan who sincerely thanked the Chinese government and the Chinese Ministry of Culture for assisting the Vietnamese delegations at the Shanghai International Fair 2010 and the sixth Asian Games (ASIAD) in Guangzhou province.
During 2010, the year when Vietnam and China marked the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties, the two countries have held a large number of cultural and artistic events, he said.