CHINA / Vietnam
Hu visits Da Nang City in Vietnam
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-11-16 09:48
DA NANG, Vietnam, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Hu Jintao, general secretary of the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese
president, met here Wednesday evening with Nguyen Ba Thanh, secretary of
the Da Nang City Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
Hu Jintao (C), general secretary of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China and president of China, visits a toy factory in
Danang, Vietnam, November 15, 2006. [Xinhua]
During the meeting, Hu spoke highly of the city's achievements and said
he hoped that different localities of the two countries will strengthen
exchanges and cooperation for common development.
Thanh said the city will learn from China's experiences and welcome
Chinese investment in the city.
Hu arrived in this central city of Vietnam Wednesday afternoon on a state
visit to Vietnam as guest of General Secretary of the CPV Central
Committee Nong Duc Manh and President Nguyen Minh Triet.
Hu is also scheduled to attend the 14th APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation) Economic Leaders' Informal Meeting from Nov.17 to 19 in
Hanoi, capital of Vietnam.
In a written statement delivered upon arrival at the airport, Hu said
that the Chinese side is delighted to see Vietnam's achievements under
CPV's leadership.
He said the Chinese side is convinced that the Vietnamese people will
build Vietnam into a modern socialist industrialized country under the
CPV's leadership.
Hu reviewed the traditional friendship between the two peoples as the two
countries are friendly neighbors sharing mountains and waters.
He said there have been continuous and important new progresses made in
the new century in Sino-Vietnamese relations under the guidance of the
principles of long-term stability, future-orientation, good neighborly
friendship and overall cooperation.
Meanwhile, bilateral friendly exchanges and cooperation have been
furthered, and the two countries and their peoples have become good
neighbors, friends, comrades and partners, noted Hu.
He said he is looking forward to exchanging views with Vietnamese leaders
on the relations between the two parties and the two countries, as well
as international and regional issues of common concern.
He said this visit will help promote bilateral traditional friendship and
cooperation in various fields, and the development of bilateral good
neighborly friendship and overall cooperation.
Vietnam is the first leg of Hu's four-nation tour, which will also take
him to the Laos, India and Pakistan.
Chinese statistics show that Sino-Vietnamese trade volume last year
reached over US$8 billion, and the figure in 2006 is expected to exceed
US$10 billion.
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