VNA reported that on July 7 (local time), on the occasion of attending the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked Prime Minister Li Qiang for his thoughtful and respectful reception during his working trip to China to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Tianjin (4-26.6.2025); and congratulated Premier Li Qiang and China for successfully organizing the Conference.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that the Party and State of Vietnam highly appreciate the rich and substantial results of high-level delegation exchanges between the two countries in recent times, contributing significantly to promoting the development of the relationship between the two Parties and the two countries.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully conveyed the warmest greetings of General Secretary To Lam, Politburo member, President Luong Cuong, Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man to General Secretary, President of China Xi Jinping and senior Chinese leaders.
The two sides agreed to continue to concretize and effectively implement the high-level common perceptions reached during the visit; promote the Vietnam - China Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership towards a "6 more" orientation, maintain regular high-level exchanges; strongly promote economic, trade and investment cooperation; expand cooperation in science, technology and innovation.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that China give high priority to promoting railway cooperation, starting the construction of the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong route in December 2025.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang expressed his pleasure at meeting Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh again, and respectfully sent his greetings from General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping to General Secretary To Lam and senior leaders of Vietnam; expressed his appreciation for the thoughtful and respectful reception with the highest ceremony that the Party and State of Vietnam gave to General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping during his visit in April 2025.
Prime Minister Li Qiang highly appreciated the positive development momentum of the Vietnam - China Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, affirming that China will continue to closely coordinate with Vietnam to implement and concretize the common perception between the top leaders of the two Parties and the two countries.
Prime Minister Li Qiang affirmed that China is ready to accelerate strategic development connections with Vietnam, expressing his appreciation for Vietnam's desire to soon start construction of standard gauge railway lines connecting the two countries.
