HCM City (VNA), Dec. 10 -- Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Council Phan Thi Thang hosted a reception for Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of Chongqing Municipal People's Congress Du Liming in Ho Chi Minh City on December 10.

Thang affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, Government and people always attach much importance to develop traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with the Chinese Party, Government and People.

Both sides have made concerted efforts to ensure that the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two nations develop into a stable and sustainable manner for the benefits of the two peoples, she said.

Thang stressed that Ho Chi Minh City has set up friendship relations with...