On the morning of April 15, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President Xi Jinping, together with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) To Lam and President of Viet Nam Luong Cuong, met with representatives attending the Chinese and Vietnamese People's Friendship Meeting at the Hanoi International Convention Center. After the event, President Xi, General Secretary To Lam and President Luong Cuong jointly launched the "red study tours" program.

(Launching ceremony of "red study tours" program)

Yang Wanming, Secretary of the Leading Party Members Group and President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), attended the launching ceremony of the "red study tours" program, and took an interview with the China Central Television (CCTV).

(President Yang Wanming delivers a speech)

Yang Wanming extended his sincere thanks to the top leaders of the two parties and two countries for taking the time to attend the Chinese and Vietnamese People's Friendship Meeting. He said that yesterday, General Secretary and President Xi Jinping held a fruitful meeting with General Secretary To Lam and President Luong Cuong and reached new important consensus. Together, they have drawn up a new blueprint for the building of a China-Viet Nam community with a shared future in the new era. The meeting has also provided fundamental guidance and direction for deepening the people-to-people friendship between China and Viet Nam. Yang expressed the CPAFFC's readiness to work with all sectors of China and Viet Nam to implement the new important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries at the people-to-people level, adhere to the guideline of "long-term stability, future orientation, good-neighborly friendship and comprehensive cooperation" and the spirit of "good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners," stay true to the original aspiration of China-Viet Nam friendship, and keep in mind the common mission. Centering on the six overarching goals of "greater political mutual trust, more solid security cooperation, deeper mutually beneficial cooperation, stronger popular support, closer multilateral coordination, and better handling of differences, the CPAFFC will give full play to its role as the main channel of people-to-people diplomacy, forge broader social consensus, and help accelerate the building of a China-Viet Nam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.

Yang Wanming emphasized the need to leverage the fundamental role of people-to-people diplomacy, to promote the profound traditional friendship between Viet Nam and China as comrades and brothers, and to be the guardians of common ideals. He stressed the importance of expanding channels for sister-city exchanges to further deepen and solidify subnational cooperation, and to be the practitioners of pragmatic cooperation. He also highlighted the necessity of holding diverse people-to-people friendship activities that are heartwarming, reach the communities and resonate with the public to make the people-to-people bond more broad-based and to be active participants in cultural exchanges. Additionally, Yang underscored the significance of implementing the program for Vietnamese youth to visit China on "red study tours." It aims to guide the younger generations of both countries to inherit and promote the fine traditions of the older generation, to sustain the revolutionary legacy, and to enhance the friendly ties between the youth of the two countries, thus ensuring that they become the inheritors of China-Viet Nam friendship.

(Photo with Phan Anh Son)

During his visit to Vietnam, Yang Wanming held a working meeting with Phan Anh Son, President of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views and reached positive consensus on implementing the new important consensus and the guiding principles of important instructions of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, pooling strength to ensure the success of "red study tours" for Vietnamese youth, breaking new ground in hosting friendly activities such as the China-Viet Nam People's Forum and the China and Viet Nam Border Inhabitants Gala, and continuously deepening the people-to-people friendship between the two countries.