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HANOI, April 2-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Monday, with both sides expressing willingness to upgrade bilateral pragmatic cooperation. Vietnam welcomes China growing strong and making important contributions to the regional and global peace and stability, said Trong. He spoke highly of the successful state visit by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping to Vietnam in November last year. As bilateral relations keeping a positive development trend, Vietnam supports China's Belt and Road Initiative and stands ready to push for closer synergy between the Chinese initiative and Vietnam's "Two Corridors and One Economic Circle" plan so as to promote bilateral pragmatic cooperation, he said. Trong called on Vietnam and China to properly handle the maritime issues existing between the two countries through friendly consultations. As a transitional method, the two sides can explore joint development and joint safeguarding maritime peace and stability, he suggested. For his part, Wang said the important strategic consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries has been turning into a strong driving force for the positive growth of China-Vietnam relations. China is willing to join hands with Vietnam to further implement the important achievements from the state visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping in November last year, consolidate and advance the friendly cooperation between the two countries, and become real actions of all walks of life in the two countries to boost the comprehensive strategic cooperation, Wang said. | 
