Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, on behalf of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee and in his own name, on November 15 sent congratulations to General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (CPCCC) Xi Jinping.
He went on to say that over the recent years, the Vietnam-China traditional friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership have unceasingly been consolidated and developed, bringing practical interests to the two peoples and contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world at large.
The Vietnamese side highly values Xi’s important contributions to the development of the relations between the two Parties and countries, Trong said, expressing a firm belief that in his position and responsibility, the Chinese leader will continue boosting the ties between the two Parties, States and peoples to a new height.
Xi Jinping, 59, is member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th CPC Central Committee, Vice President and Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, according to the state-run News Agency of China (Xinhua).
The new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) elected Wang Qishan as its Secretary.
At the closing of CPC’s 18th National Congress, delegates elected the new leadership lineup for the CPC Central Committee, including 205 members and 171 alternate members.
At a press briefing after the closing of the first plenary session of the 18 th CPC, the newly-elected General Secretary, Xi Jinping, stressed that the CPC’s 18 th Congress had concluded successfully.
