Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Fan Changlong met with Vietnamese Minister of Defense Ngo Xuan Lich in Beijing on Monday.

Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao (R) meets with Vietnamese Minister of Defense Ngo Xuan Lich in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 29, 2016. [Xinhua]

During his meeting with Ngo, Li expressed the hope that the two sides have a keen sense of socialist community of shared destiny, strengthen political mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, and handle disputes properly, so as to push for the development of a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries.

Earlier on Monday, Fan met with the defense minister and spoke of the good development momentum of military ties, adding pragmatic cooperation between the two militaries has been increasing, and exchanges at different levels have been frequent.

During the meetings, Ngo said Vietnam will continue to pursue friendship, mutual trust and all-round cooperation with China.