Shanghai, June 26 -- Vietnam always values and supports cooperation between its ministries, sectors, and localities and their Chinese counterparts, including Shanghai, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed during his meeting with Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, on June 26.

Congratulating the Shanghai Party Committee, authorities, and people on their achievements in socio-economic development, PM Chinh highlighted the city's leading role in China's modernisation, scientific and technological innovation, and reform policy implementation.

The PM briefed the host on Vietnam's major development orientations, including administrative reform at the local level, national strategies f...