Party General Secretary receives Lunar New Year greetings from foreign leaders
Leaders of many countries, political parties, and international organisations have sent congratulations to General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong on the New Year 2023 and the traditional Lunar New Year of Vietnam.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks during a Tet visit to the Party organisation, administration, and people of Hanoi on January 19. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Leaders of many countries,political parties, and international organisations have sent congratulations toGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong on the New Year 2023 and the traditional Lunar New Year of Vietnam.
In his letter, General Secretary of the Lao People’sRevolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith congratulated theVietnamese people on their glorious victories and enormous achievements,expressing his belief that under the judicious and clear-sighted leadership ofthe Communist Party of Vietnam, led by General Secretary Trong, the Vietnamesepeople will obtain even greater accomplishments in implementing the Resolutionof the 13th National Party Congress to realise the goal of richpeople and a strong, democratic, equal, and civilised country and firmlyprogress towards socialism.
He noted that he is proud of the Laos-Vietnam greatfriendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation, which havebecome a priceless and rare asset of the two peoples and been reinforced anddeveloping substantively in all fields.
The Lao Party, State, and people sincerely thank their Vietnamese counterparts for their great, precious, effective, andtimely assistance in the spirit of comradeship, fraternity, and faithfulness,the Lao leader noted, wishing bilateral relations forever green andsustainable.
On this occasion, CPV General Secretary Trong has alsoreceived New Year greetings from General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of theDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea and President of the country Kim Jong-un,President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President HalimahYacob and Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong, President of theRepublic of Korea Yoon Suk-yeol, Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio and hiswife, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, President of Palestine and Chairmanof the Palestine Liberation Organisation Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of theNational Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Yang, Vice President of China WangQishan, Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation GennadyZyuganov, Chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Megawati Sukarnoputri,along with leaders of many other countries, political parties, international organisations,and the diplomatic corps in Vietnam./.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a meeting with leaders and former leaders of the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) in Hanoi on January 19, on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) – the biggest festival in a year of Vietnamese people.
Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo has highlighted the significance of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, and their cooperation prospects for 2023.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 19 visited the Party organisation, administration and people of Hanoi on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival and the 93rd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3).
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong offered incense in tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at House 67 inside the Presidential Palace complex in Hanoi on January 20 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival - the biggest and longest festival of Vietnamese people.
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For 50 years, Vietnam and New Zealand have worked together to uphold peace and prosperity for their peoples and the region. The friendship, cooperation, and mutual understanding Vietnam and New Zealand nurtured have grown from a seed into a deeply rooted, strong, and thriving tree, she stressed.
Since the Strategic Partnership was established in 2020, Vietnam and New Zealand have witnessed steady growth in the relations. Beyond the remarkable 40% increase in bilateral trade over five years, political relations and multilateral interactions, particularly within the CPTPP framework, have remained highly positive.
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Ha expressed his hope that cooperation in science and technology, agriculture, and natural resources would emerge as new focal points and engines of growth in Vietnam–China relations.
Giang said he believes that building on the solid foundation nurtured over the past half-century and the strong determination of both nations, the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership will continue to grow in a more robust, comprehensive, and extensive manner, thus bringing more practical benefits to the two nations' people.
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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks during a Tet visit to the Party organisation, administration, and people of Hanoi on January 19. (Photo: VNA) 
