Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (C) is welcomed at Kunming Changshui International Airport in China, Nov. 5, 2024. Photo by VNA
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage arrived at Kunming Changshui International Airport in China’s Yunnan province on Tuesday morning, starting their working trip to attend the 8th Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Summit and hold bilateral activities in the country.
Chinh’s four-day trip, made at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, also includes attendance at the 10th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit and the 11th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV) Cooperation Summit.
Welcoming him at the airport were Liu Fei, a member of the standing board and head of the organization commission of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee; Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam He Wei; and Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai, among others.
These are the first in-person high-level activities of the GMS, ACMECS, and CLMV mechanisms since 2018. Vietnam views these cooperation platforms as strategic venues to connect with top partners and enhance international support for the Mekong sub-region’s development.
This working trip comes at a time when Vietnam-China fine neighborliness is flourishing, characterized by a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance. The highlight is high-level visits between the two countries’ leaders in recent times.
Economic cooperation, trade, and investment between Vietnam and China have seen substantial strides, with two-way trade reaching US$171.9 billion in 2023. China remains Vietnam’s largest trade partner and second-largest export market. Vietnam is China’s largest trade partner in ASEAN and its fifth largest globally.
The trip underscores Vietnam’s message of valuing and contributing to the promotion of the GMS, ACMECS, and CLMV mechanisms, as well as overall Mekong sub-regional cooperation, creating a breakthrough in a new phase of development. It aims to continue strengthening and boosting friendly neighborliness and the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries and the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
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