President hosts Chinese Party official

HÀ NỘI — President Võ Văn Thưởng hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Thursday for Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s Secretariat and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee Li Shulei. Li, for his part, lauded President Thưởng's suggestions about promoting cooperation between the two Parties and countries, and improving the effectiveness of coordination between the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee's Commission for Popularisation and Education and the CPC Central Committee’s Publicity Department. This includes actively popularising the long-standing friendship and achievements in bilateral cooperative relationship. In reply, the Vietnamese leader suggested an increase in exchanges and meetings between leaders at various levels from both Parties and countries. Việt Nam welcomes leaders from the Chinese Party, State, agencies and localities to the country, he said, adding that the time-tested Việt Nam-China relationship has been nurtured by generations of leaders from both Parties and countries, becoming an invaluable asset that needs to be widely disseminated among officials, Party members, citizens, and especially young generations in both nations.