Chinese enterprises want to participate in many projects, including railway projects in Vietnam.

Chinese businesses expressed their wishes at a seminar attended by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Premier Li Qiang on October 13.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang took photos with typical businesses of the two countries at the seminar on October 13 - Photo: QUANG PHUC

On the afternoon of October 13, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Premier Li Qiang met again at the Vietnam-China business forum with the theme "Strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation, joining hands to create the future".

Chinese enterprises want to develop sustainably with Vietnam

Here, Chinese enterprises said that their experience and capacity have been confirmed through many domestic and international projects. Therefore, for Vietnam, they wish to participate in infrastructure development projects such as railway lines connecting with China, urban railways, and Vietnam's North-South high-speed railway. Chinese enterprises hope to cooperate in building smart cities, smart manufacturing, building data centers, developing e-commerce, etc., so that together with Vietnam, they can develop green and sustainably. Vietnamese enterprises proposed that the two governments continue to create favorable conditions to promote business connections between the two sides. They also wish to cooperate and support Vietnamese enterprises in finance, science and technology, and management science in infrastructure development, including railway lines connecting with China.

Overview of the discussion between the two prime ministers and Vietnamese and Chinese businesses on October 13 - Photo: QUANG PHUC

Commitment of the Government of Vietnam

Speaking at the seminar, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that economic relations and investment projects of Chinese enterprises are not yet commensurate with the good relations between the two countries. Therefore, the two sides need to further promote the connection between the two economies, one of the focuses of which is connecting enterprises. Enterprises, according to him, need to actively and proactively connect and support each other in the spirit of "harmonized benefits, shared risks", "harmonized interests between the State, people and enterprises".

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the seminar - Photo: QUANG PHUC

The Vietnamese Government commits to “3 guarantees”, “3 communications” and “3 together”. The “3 guarantees” include: ensuring that the foreign-invested economic sector is an important part of the Vietnamese economy; ensuring the legitimate and legal rights and interests of investors; ensuring political stability, social order and safety as well as policy stability, and constantly improving the investment and business environment. Along with that, Vietnam commits to improving governance and institutional capacity, ensuring “3 communications”: smooth infrastructure, open mechanisms, and smart governance. The Government will listen to and understand businesses; share visions and actions; work together, win together, enjoy together, develop together, share joy, happiness and pride.

Three wishes of Chinese Premier

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Premier Li Qiang convey the message of the two governments to businesses of the two countries - Photo: QUANG PHUC

Speaking at the event, Chinese Premier Li Qiang expressed his appreciation for Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's speech and agreed on the support of the two governments for businesses of the two countries. Mr. Li Qiang emphasized that economic and trade cooperation between the two countries still has a lot of room to exploit and potential for development. He suggested that the two sides continuously consolidate and complement each other's strengths. "China has strengths in wind power, solar power, and electric vehicles, which are developing at the top of the world, suitable for Vietnam's energy transition needs. Mutually beneficial cooperation will emerge in these areas," Chinese Premier Li Qiang shared. Affirming that the two countries have high political trust and confidence in future cooperation, he called on businesses of both sides to seize opportunities, strengthen close cooperation, and contribute to common development.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang was pleased with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's message to businesses of the two countries - Photo: QUANG PHUC

On this occasion, he also expressed three wishes to businesses on both sides, including constantly paying attention to important policies, being more proactive in integrating national development and strategic connections. He hoped that businesses would make good use of bilateral and multilateral agreements, and seek cooperation partners in the value chain. On the Chinese government's side, he affirmed to encourage Chinese businesses to connect with Vietnamese businesses, building cross-border production and supply chains. With such efforts, Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang believes that economic and trade cooperation between the two countries will achieve greater results in the coming time.

Vietnamese and Chinese Prime Ministers jointly print Dong Ho paintings

Two Prime Ministers experience printing Dong Ho paintings - Photo: HAI PHAM

On the evening of October 13, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang watched and directly experienced Dong Ho paintings printed by artisans. The two prime ministers visited an exhibition of some of Vietnam's special agricultural products exported to China such as bird's nest, durian, fresh coconut, banana, coffee, milk, etc. These are typical products among 14 agricultural products officially exported to the Chinese market. In the first 9 months of 2024, the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products to China reached 9.26 billion USD, of which the export turnover of vegetables and fruits reached 3.4 billion USD, an increase of 36% over the same period in 2023.

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