HA NOI — Party Central Committee Secretary Ha Thi Khiet yesterday applauded a cultural exchange programme designed for young ethnic people from Viet Nam and China.
She said she considered it an opportunity for them to learn from each other.
Khiet, who is also head of the Committee's Commission for Mass Mobilisation, welcomed the delegation of Chinese ethnic youth to Viet Nam on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
She said it had become a milestone in the Viet Nam-China Friendship Year 2010.
The visit was also a step to further strengthening co-operation, relations between the two nationalities' committees and a valuable contribution to developing the relationship between the two Parties and countries.
Head of the Chinese delegation Wang Quanlei affirmed that leaders of the Chinese State and Government, along with its people, always attached importance to developing traditional friendship with Viet Nam.
He also pledged to make every effort with the Vietnamese Party, State and people to increasingly develop the two nations' comprehensive strategic partnership. – VNS
