Hanoi, May 8 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 8 for Zhang Qingwei, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China.

The PM thanked Zhang for his attendance at the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 - 2024), a brilliant milestone in the cause of national construction and defence of Vietnam.

PM Chinh recalled important contributions by fraternal socialist countries and international friends, especially China, to the triumph, and emphasised that the Vietnamese Party, State and people always remember and treasure the great, wholehearted support from their Chinese counterparts.

Zhang, in reply, expressed his honour to lead...