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VIENTIANE, Feb. 19-- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here Wednesday with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh, with both sides pledging to further promote bilateral ties and jointly advance Lancang-Mekong cooperation. Wang is in Vientiane, capital of Laos, for the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Coronavirus Disease and the fifth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers' Meeting. During the meeting with Pham Binh Minh, Wang said that under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China Central Committee with Xi Jinping at the core, the whole party and the whole country are rallying together to counter the COVID-19 epidemic. Thanks to the arduous efforts, China's measures to prevent and control the epidemic have been achieving visible progress, he noted. It is necessary for China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), linked by mountains, rivers and waters and sharing weal and woe, to timely share information and work together to tackle the epidemic so as to safeguard people's health of China and ASEAN countries, Wang said. Vietnam, as the ASEAN chair, has made active response to China's proposal to hold the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Coronavirus Disease, Wang said, noting that it testifies to the fine tradition of their shared spirit of "good neighbor, good friend, good comrade and good partner" as well as supporting and helping each other, he said. | 
