The Party, State, and people of Viet Nam consistently views the development of relations with China as a strategic choice and a top priority in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, and multilateralisation and diversification of external relations, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son has affirmed.

Le Hong Quang, a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) and Deputy Head of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for Internal Affairs on November 24 chaired the talks with a delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee's Commission for Political and Legal Affairs led by its deputy secretary-general Wang Yixing.

Ho Chi Minh City always attaches great importance to strengthening friendship exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation with Chinese localities, in line with the Viet Nam – China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and community with shared future that carries strategic significance.

The visit from August 31 to September 2 by Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China, to attend the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day of Viet Nam underscores China’s special regard for the two countries' comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and Viet Nam's rising stature in the international arena, said Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Thanh Binh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Liu Ning, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in Hanoi on March 31.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son received Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Nong Rong in Hanoi on March 10.

At the invitation of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong pays an official visit to China.