STORY: Senior Vietnamese official expects to see promotion of Vietnam-China friendship
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 8, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2023
LENGTH: 0:01:02
LOCATION: Hanoi
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the interview
2. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese): NGUYEN HOANG ANH, Member of CPV Central Committee

STORYLINE:

A senior Vietnamese official says he expects to see a further promotion of the friendship between the Chinese people and the Vietnamese people.

This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

Nguyen Hoang Anh, a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, says Vietnam and China share a long-lasting friendship between the two peoples, adding that high-level contact is a good tradition between the two countries, and is promoting the continuous development of bilateral ties.
                                               
SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese): NGUYEN HOANG ANH, Member of CPV Central Committee
"Vietnam and China are neighboring countries linked by mountains and rivers and share a long-lasting friendship between the two peoples.
Over the 70-plus years of diplomatic ties, traditional friendship has witnessed continuous development.
Friendly exchanges of the kind have strongly boosted communication and cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, culture, tourism and education in recent years.
The two countries have become one of the most popular tourist destinations for each other. People-to-people exchanges have contributed to cementing mutual trust and promoting mutual understanding between the two countries.
The traditional Vietnam-China friendship was forged by the older generations of the leaders of the two countries and is a valuable asset shared by the two peoples.
The people of both sides, especially the youth, should carry forward the friendly ties and further deepen the understanding of the Vietnam-China traditional friendship, so as to ensure a lasting friendship from generation to generation."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hanoi.
(XHTV)