Li Peng Discusses Ethical, Cultural Issues with Vietnam Guest

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Li Peng Discusses Ethical, Cultural Issues with Vietnam Guest

Senior Chinese leader Li Peng said Thursday that China and Vietnam, both socialist countries, should increase exchange and cooperation for the promotion of ethical and cultural progress in their countries.

Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, made the remark when meeting with Nguyen Khoa Diem, top Vietnamese official in charge of ideological and cultural affairs.

Li is also chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

After commending the rapid development of bilateral ties, Li said that the Chinese Communist Party has attached great importance to ethical and cultural progress.

He quoted the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping as saying "we must build a socialist civilization with a high material level anda high cultural and ideological level."

General Secretary Jiang Zemin listed cultural progress as one of the three most important aspects of Party building, also known as the "three represents," Li said.

Diem said that China has accumulated valuable experiences in ethical and cultural construction, which Vietnam is eager to learn.

The Vietnamese Communist Party pays great attention to the "Three Represents" theory put forward by Comrade Jiang Zemin, and hopes to elevate relations between the two Parties and two countries to a new level, he added.

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