Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam has called on both sides to strengthen the fundamental foundations of bilateral relations and promote closer integration between the two economies, ensuring that trade develops in a balanced and sustainable manner.

According to the Vietnam News Agency, on November 13, at the Central Party headquarters in Hanoi, Party General Secretary To Lam received Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau, Secretary of the Secretariat, and head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, during his visit to Vietnam and co-chairing the 20th theoretical seminar between the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Communist Party of China.

Highlighting the importance of the highest-level theoretical exchange mechanism between the two parties over the past 20 years, Party General Secretary To Lam commended the success of the 20th theoretical seminar on the theme “Path and practice of socialism in the 21st century.” He noted that the seminar timely implemented a shared high-level understanding, providing special significance in reviewing the major achievements and lessons learned by each party and country on their path to socialism suited to national conditions, while contributing to the development of modern socialist theory. This also reflects a high level of political trust between the two sides. 

In the current era of development for both nations, Party General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the parties and countries need to continue cooperating closely and walking steadily toward socialism. Vietnam is determined to deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Partnership with China, promoting the construction of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future of strategic significance, marking a new stage that is increasingly comprehensive, profound, and sustainable.

The Party General Secretary proposed focusing on consolidating key foundations of bilateral relations: continuously strengthening political trust and strategic coordination; leveraging the special role of party-to-party cooperation and enhancing the effectiveness of mechanisms across channels and levels; promoting higher-level economic integration; ensuring that trade develops in a balanced and sustainable manner; fostering closer cooperation in science and technology, particularly in emerging strategic fields, and enhancing high-quality human resource training; consolidating a solid social foundation, improving cooperation in culture and tourism, and intensifying education and communication on Vietnam-China friendship. He also called for both sides to maintain a peaceful and stable environment to support joint development.

Expressing appreciation and endorsing the deep directives of Party General Secretary To Lam, Li Shulei affirmed that China always regards Vietnam as a priority in its neighborly diplomacy. He expressed readiness to work with the Vietnam Party and State to implement agreements and shared high-level understandings, strengthen political trust, deepen practical cooperation, and elevate collaboration in culture, education, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges.

Li Shulei stressed that China’s theoretical and publicity agencies will continue close coordination with their Vietnamese counterparts, further promoting exchanges, cooperation, and experience sharing in party building and national governance, strengthening friendship education, and consolidating a strong social foundation. These efforts aim to enrich the content of the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Partnership and the Vietnam-China community with a shared future of strategic significance.

At the meeting, Li Shulei congratulated Vietnam on its significant development achievements and the smooth implementation of major reform measures under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, headed by Party General Secretary To Lam. He also affirmed that the Communist Party of China supports the Communist Party of Vietnam in successfully organizing the 14th Party Congress.