Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha (L) meets Wang Dongming, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, June 18, 2025.

Mr. Ha, who is on a working visit to China's Yunnan province for bilateral activities and attendance at the 9th China–South Asia Expo and the 29th Kunming Import and Export Fair, affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of giving top priority to its relationship with China. 

He called for the early commencement of the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway line, technology transfer, training of human resources in railway operations, and the development of a railway industrial complex. 

The Deputy PM expressed his hope that cooperation in science and technology, agriculture, and natural resources would emerge as a growth engine in Vietnam–China relations. He urged both sides to enhance national-level collaboration on key technologies, promote cooperation in training science and technology human resources, expand cooperation in high-tech agriculture, and facilitate mutual recognition of testing and quarantine results. 

Vice Chairman Wang expressed readiness to promote legislative cooperation, particularly in areas such as Party building, law-making, and supervision, thereby laying a solid legal foundation for the development of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future.

He affirmed China’s commitment to advancing economic and trade ties, expanding imports from Vietnam, enhancing transport connectivity, and promoting high-quality investment.

Mr. Wang also voiced support for expanding cooperation in science and technology, artificial intelligence, digital economy, environmental protection, commercial aircraft, and power grid connectivity.