On the morning of June 15, 2026, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang held a phone conversation with Prime Minister of Viet Nam Le Minh Hung at the latter’s request.

Li Qiang stated that in April this year, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President Xi Jinping met with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President of Viet Nam To Lam during his visit to China, and the two sides reached important consensus on building a higher-level China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance. Government departments and localities in both countries have since stepped up efforts to implement the outcomes of the visit, making positive progress. China and Viet Nam share profound traditional friendship. China has always prioritized Viet Nam in its neighborhood diplomacy, and stands ready to work with Viet Nam to follow the strategic guidance of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, strengthen solidarity and mutual trust, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and better promote common development and prosperity.

Li Qiang stated that China is willing to work with Viet Nam to deepen the alignment of development strategies, expand the scope and improve the quality of bilateral trade, advance infrastructure connectivity, accelerate the development of cross-border economic cooperation zones, and expand cooperation in fields such as energy and mineral resources, the digital economy, artificial intelligence and finance, so as to achieve higher-level mutually beneficial outcomes. The two sides should work together to successfully hold events such as the China-Viet Nam Tourism Cooperation Year, implement “small but beautiful” livelihood projects, properly manage and control maritime differences, and consolidate the foundation of public support for friendship between the two countries. As unilateralism and protectionism are on the rise globally, China is willing to enhance coordination and cooperation with Viet Nam within multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, support each other in hosting the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting this year and next year, promote the building of an open Asia-Pacific economy, and safeguard free trade and economic globalization.

Le Minh Hung stated that Viet Nam-China relations are enjoying strong development momentum, and that the Vietnamese party and government highly value the friendship between Viet Nam and China and have always regarded developing relations with China as a strategic choice and a top priority in Viet Nam’s foreign policy. The Vietnamese side is willing to join hands with the Chinese side to implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and the two countries, maintain close high-level exchanges, consolidate strategic mutual trust, strengthen the alignment of development strategies, deepen cooperation in trade, transportation infrastructure and other fields, promote tourism, education, health care and local-level exchanges, manage and resolve differences, and strive to achieve more practical outcomes in building the Viet Nam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and the Viet Nam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance. Viet Nam welcomes more Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in the country, and it is willing to provide favorable conditions. Viet Nam supports China in hosting this year’s APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting and is willing to strengthen multilateral communication and coordination with China to safeguard common interests.