On December 1, 2023 local time, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong met with Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Hanoi.

Wang Yi first conveyed General Secretary Xi Jinping's most sincere greetings to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Wang Yi said that under the strong leadership of the CPV Central Committee headed by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Viet Nam has achieved political and social harmony and stability, vigorous economic development and the continuous improvement of its international status, expressing confidence in Viet Nam to achieve its set strategic goals. The top leaders of the two parties of China and Viet Nam have established solid political mutual trust and profound comradeship, steering the course of bilateral relations and providing important strategic guidance. Wang Yi said that to follow through on the strategic common understandings reached by the top leaders of the two parties, he and Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang co-chaired the 15th Meeting of the China-Viet Nam Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation this morning and reached a series of common understandings on promoting cooperation in various fields in the next stage.

Wang Yi said that sharing the same ideals and a shared future are the most salient features of China-Viet Nam relations. China appreciates that Viet Nam has always taken its relations with China as its strategic choice and top priority in its diplomacy, and China also takes its relations with Viet Nam as a priority in its neighborhood diplomacy. On the basis of 15 years of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, it came about naturally that the two sides reached a common understanding on upgrading bilateral relations. This is in line with the common aspirations and interests of the two countries, conducive to regional and world peace and development, and will open up brighter prospects for relations between the two countries.

Nguyen Phu Trong asked Wang Yi to convey his warmest greetings to General Secretary Xi Jinping. Nguyen Phu Trong said that Viet Nam and China are linked by mountains and rivers. The "comradely and brotherly" friendship between Viet Nam and China is particularly unique in the world. Nguyen Phu Trong said that after he took office as General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee for the third time, the first country he paid a visit to was China, and he had very good exchanges with General Secretary Xi Jinping, of which he has had fresh memory. Nguyen Phu Trong said that not long ago, he traveled to the Youyi Pass, or Friendship Pass, on the Viet Nam-China border recently to plant a friendship tree. The border port between Viet Nam and China, which is the only one named after friendship among neighbors, fully highlighted the traditional friendship between the two countries cherished by Viet Nam. The constant development of Viet Nam-China relations fully accords with the aspiration of the Vietnamese people, and Viet Nam believes that through joint efforts of the two sides, the "comradely and brotherly" friendship between the two countries will be increasingly cemented.

Wang Yi said that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's deep feelings toward China are very touching, and expressed the belief that the tree of China-Viet Nam friendship will surely flourish and be fruitful.

On the same day, Wang Yi also met respectively with President of Viet Nam Vo Van Thuong, and Foreign Minister of Viet Nam Bui Thanh Son.