Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Minh Hằng (right) meets Vice Mayor of Chongqing Zheng Xiangdong on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo

HCM CITY — Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Minh Hằng on September 24 expressed her hope that China’s Chongqing city will promote cooperation and enhance the exchanges of working delegations with Việt Nam's localities, including HCM City.

Hosting a reception for Vice Mayor of Chongqing Zheng Xiangdong, who is attending the second Hồ Chí Minh City Friendship Dialogue 2024, Hằng affirmed that Việt Nam attaches much importance to deepening and developing the Việt Nam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new height as well as building the Việt Nam-China community with a shared future in accordance with the direction of leaders of the two Parties and States.

She highlighted the robust cooperation between localities of both nations which has contributed to the development of the bilateral relations, adding as Việt Nam will open its Consulate General in Chongqing in the near future, the country wishes to receive support from the host city for effective operation of the diplomatic agency.

Hằng also took this occasion to ask Chongqing to continue opening its door for Vietnamese agricultural products and creating favourable conditions for Vietnamese firms to transport goods to Europe through the city. She also requested the Chongqing authorities to continue cooperation with the Vietnamese side in the areas of tourism and people-to-people exchanges.

Zheng, for his part, affirmed that Chongqing stands ready to enhance cooperation activities with Vietnamese localities and to facilitate access for Vietnamese goods to the city, adding Vietnamese coffee and banana have been well consumed in the city's market.

Many favourable policies, which will be put into place in the coming time, will bring more Vietnamese to Chongqing and vice versa. Chongqing has preserved various historical sites related to President Hồ Chí Minh’s revolutionary activities in China, he said. — VNS