On September 30, the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam held a reception to mark the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The reception was attended by Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Wang Qun, and some 500 guests including Lam Thi Phuong Thanh, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, heads of various Vietnamese Party, government, military and mass organizations, diplomatic envoys from countries accredited to Vietnam, and representatives of Chinese-funded institutions and Chinese students in Vietnam.

In his remarks, Wang Qun reviewed the remarkable achievements China has made since the founding of the People's Republic of China 77 years ago. He stressed that China is the principal engine of global economic growth, a driving force for global scientific and technological progress, and an anchor of stability in a turbulent world. He reaffirmed that China and Vietnam are a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, and expressed the willingness to work with the Vietnamese side to help the China–Vietnam relationship continuously scale new heights through high-quality mutually beneficial cooperation and high-level people-to-people and cultural exchanges.

Lam Thi Phuong Thanh highly praised the great achievements of China's development. She reaffirmed that Vietnam regards developing relations with China as a strategic choice and top priority, and expressed the willingness to seize the opportunity of the China–Vietnam Year of Tourism Cooperation to advance the steady and sustained progress of the community with a shared future between the two countries.

The reception was held in a friendly and warm atmosphere, with all parties wishing China prosperity and the China–Vietnam friendship to endure forever.