Signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam and the Ministry of Justice of China on strengthening cooperation in the field of resolving civil and commercial disputes of border residents, and the signing of the Certificate of Handover of Project Results for the feasibility study report on the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway line between the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam and the Ministry of Commerce of China.

Vietnam, China issue joint statement on deepening Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership in new era

HANOI (VNS/VNA/ANN) -- Vietnam and China have issued a Joint Statement on further deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and advancing the building of a Vietnam–China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance at a higher level in the new era.
The joint statement was reached during the state visit to China by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam, made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President Xi Jinping from April 14-17.
During the visit, the Vietnamese leader held talks with his Chinese counterpart and met with Premier Li Qiang, Chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee Zhao Leji, and Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning. The two sides exchanged views on their respective Party and national situations, as well as on regional and international issues, reaching broad and important common understandings.
Both sides affirmed that the CPV and the CPC share historic missions to advance national development, improve people’s well-being, and contribute to global progress. They emphasised that maintaining and strengthening the comprehensive leadership of the two Parties constitutes a fundamental guarantee for advancing socialist modernisation in each country and for ensuring the long-term, stable and healthy development of bilateral relations.
The two sides agreed that Vietnam and China, sharing common aspirations and development paths, view the bilateral relationship as a strategic choice of overarching and long-term significance. China reaffirmed its consistent policy of friendship with Vietnam and its priority status in China’s neighbourhood diplomacy, while Vietnam reiterated that relations with China remain an objective requirement, a strategic choice and a top priority in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification.
Both sides stressed the importance of carrying forward the traditional friendship described as “both comrades and brothers,” nurtured by past leaders, and of adhering to guiding principles of “friendly neighbourliness, comprehensive cooperation, long-term stability and future orientation,” as well as the spirit of being “good neighbours, good friends, good comrades and good partners.” They committed to advancing the overall goal of “six major orientations,” including stronger political trust, more substantive defence and security cooperation, deeper practical collaboration, firmer social foundations, closer multilateral coordination, and more effective management and resolution of differences.
Vietnam congratulated China on the CPC’s 105th founding anniversary and its recent national achievements, expressing confidence in China’s continued progress toward modernisation. In turn, China congratulated Vietnam on the success of the 14th National Party Congress, the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term as well as the organisation of the first session of the 16th NA, expressing support for Vietnam’s ongoing reform, industrialisation and modernisation, and international integration.
Both sides agreed that high-level strategic guidance is crucial to bilateral relations, while practical cooperation serves as a driving force and people-to-people friendship as a foundation. They pledged to build on past achievements, further enhance political trust, deepen cooperation across sectors, strengthen social foundations and expand multilateral coordination, while effectively managing and resolving differences.

(Latest Update April 20, 2026)