On the morning of February 21, in Ha Long city (Quang Ninh), the Spring Meeting 2025 program took place between the Secretaries of the Provincial Party Committees of 4 border provinces: Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang, Ha Giang (Vietnam) and the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China).
Attending from Vietnam were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics; Vu Dai Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee; Quan Minh Cuong, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Cao Bang Province; Hoang Van Nghiem, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Lang Son Province; Hau A Lenh, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee; Le Tien Chau, Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee; leaders of the Provincial People's Committee and leaders of the Party Building Committees, districts, cities, departments, branches and sectors of the four border provinces of Vietnam.
On the side of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China), there were comrades: Chen Gang, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the Regional Party Committee, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Zhuang Autonomous Region; Lan Tianli, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the People's Government of the Zhuang Autonomous Region; Liao Pinhu, Vice Chairman of the People's Government of the Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Also attending were leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Consulate General of Vietnam in Nanning.
Speaking at the program, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang affirmed: The Party and State of Vietnam always attach importance to, consistently support and create all conditions for Vietnamese localities to further strengthen friendly exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation with Guangxi. We welcome Guangxi and its provinces to continue to maintain and effectively implement the mechanism of early spring meetings between Provincial Party Secretaries, Regional Party Secretaries and the Joint Working Committee Conference between five localities. Localities of the two countries are important subjects contributing to the successful implementation and putting into practice the common perceptions of the two countries' senior leaders. The cooperative relationship between localities is a new driving force to promote the cooperative relationship between the two countries in depth and comprehensively.
Hope that localities will make joint efforts to create more substantial and effective breakthroughs in cooperative relations, in friendly exchanges and people-to-people connections; infrastructure connections, especially transport infrastructure and digital infrastructure; cross-border development management. Believe that, with the efforts of localities on both sides, the cooperative relations between the 5 provinces/regions will increasingly develop, bringing a prosperous and happy life to the people, contributing to promoting the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China, which is being raised to new heights by the leaders of the two Parties and the two States.
At the program, the parties agreed that in 2024, in the context of the relationship between the two Parties and the two States continuing to develop well, the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China being strengthened, building a community of sharing the future of Vietnam and China with strategic significance achieved positive results, 5 provinces/regions of the two countries have effectively implemented the results of the Spring Conference in 2024, implemented important common perceptions reached between the leaders of the two Parties and the two countries, continued to deepen practical and effective cooperation in many fields, achieved many positive results, thereby continuing to make important contributions to the stability, long-term development and raising the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China to a new level. Strengthening cooperation and exchanges between local Party committees at all levels, achieving higher political trust, provinces/regions actively organized many foreign affairs activities at the provincial and regional leadership level and exchanges, contacts, and delegations at all levels; people-to-people exchanges and cooperation between Party committees at all levels and mass organizations were strengthened; functional agencies of provinces and regions signed more than 50 cooperation agreements in the fields of tourism, trade, transportation, health, education, border gate management, border construction, and border management.
Provinces/regions strictly implement and coordinate border management and protection according to the three legal documents on the Vietnam-China land border and the signed bilateral agreements on the land border; strengthen effective cooperation between border guards, security forces, and customs. Fully promote the role of the platform for close multilateral exchange and coordination, more substantive cooperation in key areas, economy, trade, investment, transport connectivity, agriculture, forestry, cultural exchange, border management and achieve many new results.
Speaking at the program, Cao Bang Provincial Party Secretary Quan Minh Cuong affirmed: In 2024, Cao Bang province signed 19 international documents and agreements with localities and partners in Guangxi; effectively and substantially implemented the signed commitments, cooperation agreements and memorandums of understanding; expanded bilateral trade cooperation; built border gate infrastructure; cooperated in developing tourism, agriculture, science, education, strengthening cooperation in production chains and supply chains across the border, promoting business exchanges. In particular, successfully organized the official operation ceremony for tourists to travel to Ban Gioc Waterfall Scenic Area (Vietnam) - Duc Thien (China), Cao Bang (Vietnam) - Bach Sac (China) International Trade Fair; coordinated to participate in the Congress of creative cooperation to develop industry chains and supply chains between China and ASEAN (Cao Bang - Bach Sac); agreed to open the pair of bilateral border gates Ly Van (Vietnam) - Thac Long (China).
The two provinces/regions of Cao Bang and Guangxi have directed the functional forces of both sides to strengthen exchanges and coordination, do a good job of propaganda, dissemination, guidance and strictly implement legal documents on the Vietnam-China land border; actively coordinate to resolve incidents arising on the border; enforce laws on crime prevention and control in border areas, and jointly build a peaceful, friendly and stable border for development.
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Quan Minh Cuong proposed a number of contents for the two sides to strengthen exchanges and promote cooperation. Specifically: Continue to maintain exchanges and cooperation between leaders of the two provinces/regions, consolidate the foundation of political trust; coordinate to strengthen the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership on all three pillars of Party foreign affairs, State diplomacy and people-to-people diplomacy. Strengthen cooperation to create new breakthroughs in economic and trade cooperation and areas of mutual benefit, focusing on promoting the expansion of cooperation in the fields of agriculture, education and training, medicine, science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, AI application, green transformation, clean energy... Strengthen and deepen cooperation in key areas according to the content of the agreed and signed minutes.
Direct the authorities, agencies and units of both sides to continue to closely coordinate to effectively operate the Ban Gioc - Duc Thien Waterfall Scenic Area. Continue to propagate and effectively implement the three legal documents on the Vietnam - China land border and related agreements; promptly coordinate and properly handle incidents arising on the border in the spirit of cooperation and friendship; strengthen cooperation in preventing illegal entry and exit and combating all types of cross-border crimes; and jointly build a border of peace, friendship, stability, cooperation and development.
2025 is a year of special significance, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-China diplomatic relations (January 18, 1950 - January 18, 2025), the "Year of Vietnam-China Humanitarian Exchange". Thoroughly implementing the motto of "16 golden words" and the spirit of "4 goods", consolidating political trust and the tradition of friendship, promoting exchanges and substantive cooperation in all fields between the parties, contributing to bringing the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China to a new height, stable and sustainable. In a friendly, frank and open-minded atmosphere, the Secretaries of the Provincial Party Committees of the 5 provinces/regions agreed and reached common perceptions on the content of friendly exchanges and cooperation in 2025.
At the program, the Secretaries of the Provincial Party Committees of 4 provinces of Vietnam and the Party Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) signed the minutes of the 2025 spring meeting on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and promoting the building of a community of shared future between Vietnam and China of strategic significance. At the same time, they announced that Hai Phong city (Vietnam) officially joined the framework of the spring meeting cooperation and the Joint Working Committee.
Signed 29 important cooperation agreements in various fields, in which sectors and localities of Cao Bang province signed 8 agreements and memorandums of understanding with localities of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China).
Within the framework of the program, delegates visited the exhibition area of signed cooperation documents at the department, branch and local levels; visited the exhibition area, introduced OCOP products, promoted trade - investment - tourism of the provinces/regions.
The parties agreed to continue organizing the Spring Meeting program in 2026 between the Secretaries of the Provincial Party Committees of the four border provinces of Vietnam and Guangxi (China), chaired by the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Thanh Loan
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