On April 14, 2025, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping held talks with General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Su Lin at the CPC Central Committee’s residence. Xi Jinping stressed that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Vietnam and the “China-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Year”.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, held talks with To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, at the CPV Central Committee headquarters on April 14, 2025. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Vietnam, as well as the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges, said Xi.
On March 24, 2025, in Guangfuqiao Village, Vietnam, tourists took photos next to the dried incense sticks. (Photo source: Xinhua News Agency)
【Knowledge Points】
China and Vietnam are connected by mountains and rivers, with the same culture, the same ideals and a shared destiny. 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Vietnam and is also the “China-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Year”. China and Vietnam have carried out rich and diverse cultural exchange activities, and the traditional friendship between the two countries has been deepened, injecting strong impetus into continuing the new chapter of the construction of a community with a shared future between China and Vietnam.
On August 20, 2024, the “Joint Statement of the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Further Strengthening Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Partnership and Promoting the Construction of a Community of Shared Future in China and Vietnam” was released. The two sides announced that 2025 is the “China-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Year” and will jointly hold a series of activities to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Vietnam. Through channels such as the Party, youth, and friendly cities, make good use of the red resources of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities such as Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, and Chongqing to create diverse forms of study and cultural and tourism activities. More tourists are encouraged to travel to each other’s countries. Give full play to the role of China’s cultural center in Vietnam, welcome Vietnam to set up a cultural center in China, encourage cooperation in media, news publishing, radio, film and television, discuss cooperation in vocational education, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation in areas such as health care, traditional medicine, disaster prevention and mitigation.
On January 15, 2025, General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Su Lin jointly announced the official launch of the China-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Year. On the occasion of celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, rich cultural exchange activities that connect the hearts of the people, warm and down-to-earth will build more bridges for mutual understanding and blind date between the people of the two countries.
Taking the 2025 “China-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Year” as an opportunity, China will hold more down-to-earth and popular friendly activities to strengthen cooperation in tourism, culture, media, health and other fields.
【Important Speech】
Taking this year’s “China-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Year” as an opportunity, we will hold more down-to-earth and popular friendly activities to strengthen cooperation in tourism, culture, media, health, etc. Continue to dig deep into red resources and tell friendly stories. In the next three years, Vietnamese youth are invited to China to carry out a “red study tour”, so that the people of the two countries, especially the young generation, understand that the red country is hard-won and that the friendly and friendly cooperation between the two countries is precious, and cultivate more vital forces for the development of China-Vietnam relations and the construction of their respective countries.
China and Vietnam should take the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges as an opportunity and organize more people-oriented exchange activities, and enhance cooperation in tourism, culture, media, public health and other fields. The two sides should continue to explore resources of revolutionary heritage and promote stories of friendship. In the next three years, China will invite Vietnamese youth to China for “Red Study Tours”, which will help the younger generation of both countries better understand the hard-won nature of the socialist countries and the great value of China-Vietnam good-neighborliness and friendly cooperation, and will cultivate greater vitamin for the development of bilateral relations and the relative national development endeavors.
——On April 14, 2025, Xi Jinping’s important speech during talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Su Lin
【Related Words】
Red Resources
resources of revolutionary heritage
China-Vietnam Community of Shared Future
China-Vietnam community with a shared future
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