Nguyen PhuTrong(R), Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee General Secretary meets Song Tao (L), a special Envoy of General Secretary Xi Jinping in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jan 29, 2016. [Photo by Wangjian/chinadaily.com.cn]

A special envoy of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping met with the leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi on Friday, with both sides agreeing to consolidate the strategic partnership between the countries.

Song Tao, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee and a senior diplomat,  has been sent as special envoy of the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping to visit Laos and Vietnam from Tuesday to Saturday.

Song sent a congratulatory letter and conveyed a message from Xi Jinping to General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong, the newly re-elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

In the letter, Xi Jinping expressed warm congratulations to Nguyen PhuTrong and expressed his belief that under his leadership of the Vietnamese Party, socialist construction and the reform of Vietnam will continue to achieve new heights.

Xi also said in the letter that China is ready to work with Vietnam in promoting the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries and contributing to the peace and prosperity in the region.

Nguyen PhuTrong expressed his heartfelt thanks to Xi Jinping and said that Vietnam is ready to work with China to consolidate the traditional friendship between China and Vietnam.

Nguyen PhuTrong said his country will continue to cooperate with China to strengthen the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership, to promote the socialist cause and to maintain regional peace and prosperity.

China is willing to work with Vietnam to implement the important consensus between the two parties, to strengthen strategic communication and deepen pragmatic cooperation, Song Tao said.

China will also expand personnel exchanges and strengthen communication and coordination with Vietnam both at the national and regional level, he said.