The second Vietnam-China People’s Friendship festival wrapped up inLiuzhou city, the Chinese province of Guangxi on November 19.

Addressing the event, Secretary of Liuzhou city’s Chinese CommunistParty Chen Gang expressed his belief that after the festival, the twocountries’ people will continue strengthening cooperation and exchanges,contributing to the Vietnam-China friendship.

Chairman of the Vietnam-China Friendship Association Nguyen Xuan Thangreviewed the results of the three-day festival, affirming that bilateralties have been expanded and intensified in all fields of politics,economics, culture, education, security and defence.

Both Thang and Chairman of the China-Vietnam Friendship AssociationWang Jinshan agreed that the cooperation and exchanges betweenfriendship organisations have helped strengthen mutual understanding andthe friendship between two peoples over the past time and need to befurther promoted in the time to come.

The twochairmen of Vietnam-China and China-Vietnam Friendship Associationssigned a declaration of the 2012 Vietnam-China People’s Friendshipfestival, pledging to make positive contributions to the development ofthe two countries’ relations, for peace, friendship, cooperation anddevelopment of the two peoples.

The declaration saysthe two peoples will inherit the tradition, reinforcing exhanges,mutual understanding and trust and boosting cooperation in all fields toincessantly consolidate and develop the Vietnam-China relation of goodneighbours, good friends, good comrades and good partners.-VNA