Hanoi, Feb. 3 -- Relationship between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) constitutes a crucial component of overall Vietnam - China relations, playing a leading political and strategic role, according to Professor Pan Jin'e, a senior researcher at the Academy of Marxism under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In an interview with VNA correspondents in Beijing, Professor Pan noted that the political report of the 13th Party Central Committee to the 14th National Party Congress of the CPV identifies Party-to-Party relations as one of the core pillars of Vietnam's diplomacy. This strategic orientation represents both a continuation of the country's policy of independence, self-reliance an...