Vietnam treasures the development of relations and clings to the unchangeable friendship with China, hoping to ceaselessly promote exchange and cooperation between the two parties, states, peoples as well as among organizations and localities, a local official said in Hanoi Tuesday.

Pham The Duyet, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, made the statement when meeting with Hu Qianwen, Chinese ambassador to Vietnam.

Duyet said he hoped the two sides will unceasingly reinforce and deepen the mutual understanding and traditional friendship between the two peoples, and strengthen the publicity and education about the Vietnam-China traditional friendship among the peoples, especially youths, to inherit the friendship looked after by leaders of the two countries, facilitating the bilateral ties to enter a new period.

Duyet expressed thanks to the Chinese government and people for having actively searched for Vietnamese fishermen missing in the Typhoon Chanchu, saying that it shows the fraternal friendly relations between the two countries and their close ties in misfortune. Vietnam will never forget China's help, he stated.

Hu stressed China attaches importance to developing the friendly and cooperative relations with Vietnam. The Chinese ambassador said he firmly believed that, under the joint effort of the two sides, the friendly and all-round cooperative ties between the two parties, states and peoples will develop ceaselessly, contributing to the maintenance of peace, stability and development in the region as well as the world.

Source: Xinhua