Overview of the talks (Photo: Vietnam News Agency correspondent in China)
On that basis, the two sides agreed to continue to maintain regular high-level exchanges and contacts, strengthen cooperation between the two Parties, and coordinate to well organize high-level foreign affairs activities between the two countries in 2024. 16th meeting of the Bilateral Cooperation Steering Committee; coordinate well to organize dialogue mechanisms, exchange and cooperation activities in the fields of national defense, security and justice.
The two sides also agreed to promote and improve the effectiveness of economic and trade cooperation, especially giving high priority to promoting strategic transportation connections and facilitating socio-economic exchanges between the two countries. as well as contribute to promoting cooperation between China and Southeast Asia.
The two Foreign Ministers agreed to strengthen the organization of people-to-people exchange activities, actively propagate the rich tradition of friendship of Vietnam-China relations as well as the achievements of innovation, reform and opening up. every countries; promote exchange and cooperation mechanisms between localities of the two countries; continue to strengthen coordination and mutual support within multilateral frameworks; Continue to coordinate closely in managing and protecting land borders according to 3 legal documents on land borders and related agreements; Actively open, upgrade, and recognize agreed border gate pairs, as well as promote the construction of smart border gates.
Regarding maritime issues, the two sides emphasized the importance of seriously implementing agreements and common perceptions of senior leaders of the two Parties and countries on controlling and properly resolving disagreements; fully, comprehensively and effectively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC); Together with ASEAN countries, promote negotiations and soon reach a document of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) that is substantive, effective, efficient, and consistent with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). ) in 1982.
Minister Bui Thanh Son proposed that the two sides promote economic and trade cooperation in the direction of sustainable balance, asking China to continue to facilitate and increase the import of Vietnam’s agricultural products, creating conditions for the early establishment of agricultural products. add a number of Vietnam Trade Promotion Offices in China; actively remove problems in a number of industrial cooperation projects; accelerate regional railway connections in the northern provinces of Vietnam; expanding economic corridors in the “two corridors, one belt” area extending to Chongqing, China; Soon establish a Tourism Promotion Working Group; increase commercial flight operations; further promote people-to-people exchanges, as well as between border localities of the two countries.
For his part, Minister Wang Yi proposed that the two sides strengthen the strategic connection between the “Belt and Road” initiative and the “two corridors, one belt” framework, promoting economic and trade cooperation. , invest; China will actively consider expanding imports of Vietnamese goods, agricultural and aquatic products; Support road traffic connection and jointly build smart border gates between the two countries to facilitate customs clearance of goods; support increased cooperation in education and tourism; Coordinate more closely at regional and international multilateral forums.
Also on April 4, Minister Bui Thanh Son surveyed the implementation and pilot operation of the Ban Gioc (Vietnam)-Duc Thien (China) waterfall landscape area.