A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) expressed hope Sunday that the ruling parties of China and Vietnam further exchanges on the management of party and state affairs.

He Guoqiang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remark in talks with Ho Duc Viet, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

He, also head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, said he believed the visit by the CPV delegation would help enhance the trust and friendship between the two parties and the two countries and promote the exchanges on the theories and experiences on managing party and state affairs.

He said the exchanges between the two organization departments are an important part of the exchanges of relations between the two countries and the two parties, adding he hoped the visit by the CPV delegation promote the lasting, steady and healthy development of the good-neighborliness and friendship and all-round cooperative ties between the two countries.

He also briefed Ho on the on-going annual parliamentary sessions of China and the situation of party construction.

Ho, also head of the Organization Department of the CPV Central Committee, said Vietnam attaches great importance to the CPC's theories and experiences in leading China's socialist construction cause, and is ready to strengthen exchanges with China and to learn from each other to jointly advance the socialist cause.

Ho is invited by the CPC on a visit to China from March 11 to 18. Besides Beijing, he will also visit Shanghai, the business hub of China, and the booming Guangdong Province in south China.

Source: Xinhua