Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong Exchange Spring Festival Congratulatory Messages

On January 25, 2022, with the Spring Festival, a traditional festival of both China and Vietnam, around the corner, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong exchanged Spring Festival congratulatory messages.

Xi Jinping said in his congratulatory message that the year 2021 that just passed was an extraordinary year in the respective development process of the two parties and both countries. The CPC held grand celebrations for its centenary, China has embarked on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in all respects and the Chinese people are making confident strides on the path towards the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The CPV successfully convened its 13th National Congress, and is leading the Vietnamese people to implement the resolutions of the 13th National Congress and march towards the development goals set by the 13th National Congress of the CPV.

Xi Jinping stressed, China and Vietnam are socialist neighbors linked by mountains and rivers and a community with a shared future of strategic significance. Currently, as the world has entered a period of turbulence and transformation under the combined impact of global changes and the COVID-19 pandemic, both unseen in a century, the common interests of China and Vietnam are more extensive. Both the CPC and the CPV adhere to a people-centered approach, constantly deepen the friendly cooperation between China and Vietnam, strike a balance between economic and social development and pandemic prevention and control, and strive for new achievements in the reform, opening up and renewal of the two countries, demonstrating the strengths and vitality of the socialist system.

Xi Jinping pointed out, looking ahead to 2022, I would like to maintain close communication with General Secretary Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong to steer the continuous sound development of China-Vietnam relations. I hope that both sides will uphold the spirits of good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners, consolidate traditional friendship, enhance political mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation, properly manage differences, join hands to address challenges, push for new achievements in China-Vietnam relations, elevate regional cooperation to new heights, and build a community with a shared future for mankind.

In his congratulatory message, Nguyen Phu Trong spoke highly of the successful holding of a series of activities to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the CPC, the successful convening of the sixth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and the efforts to implement the 14th Five-Year Plan under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, all of which are grand events with historic significance. Nguyen Phu Trong said, recently I reached important consensus with Comrade General Secretary, offering important and strategic guidance for promoting the sustainable, sound and stable development of relations both between the two parties and between the two countries. Against the backdrop of the profound evolution of international and regional landscape and the cause of socialist construction of the two countries entering a new stage of development, I would like to work with Comrade General Secretary to continue to give care and guidance for the two sides to implement the high-level consensus at all levels, by all departments and across various parts of the two countries, enhance political mutual trust, strengthen pragmatic cooperation in various fields, especially pandemic response, economy, trade and investment, and strengthen non-governmental exchanges, so as to inject new impetus into the efforts to push Vietnam-China good-neighborly friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation to a higher level.

Xi Jinping and Nguyen Phu Trong also wish the two countries prosperity and the two peoples happiness and good health.