China and Vietnam on Thursday vowed to further enhance
parliamentary exchanges to facilitate bilateral traditional
friendship.
While meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet in
Beijing, China's top legislator Wu Bangguo said the increasing
parliamentary exchanges between the two countries are expected to
blow fresh air into bilateral ties.
"China's National People's Congress (NPC) values relations with
the Vietnamese parliament," said Wu, chairman of the NPC Standing
Committee.
Wu urged deepening cooperation between special committees and
friendship groups of the two parliaments, and exchange of
experience on democratic and legal construction.
Wu said the two countries have carried out pragmatic cooperation
in areas like trade, science and technology, education, culture and
tourism.
Triet arrived Tuesday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's
Yunnan Province, to start a four-day state visit to China. It is
Triet's first visit to China since he took office in June 2006.
Triet said his visit is aimed at consolidating relations between
the two countries and parties and deepening pragmatic cooperation
in various fields.
The Vietnamese president also reiterated Vietnam's consistent
adherence to one-China policy.
(Xinhua News Agency May 18, 2007)
