Beijing, Feb. 3 -- Lei Xiaohua, Deputy Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies under the Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences, has made several proposals to help China and Vietnam promote practical cooperation as the two are celebrating the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic ties.

In an article on Global Times, a publication of the People's Daily - the organ of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Lei firstly stressed the importance of creating a concentric circle of cooperation based on mutual trust, adding strengthening strategic trust is a crucial foundation for enhancing substantive cooperation, and that effective opinion exchanges and policy connection are useful to reinforcing their mutual strategic trust. I...