On the afternoon of February 18, 2011, Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President, met at the Great Hall of the People with Hoang Binh Quan, special envoy of General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and Director of the External Relations Commission of the CPV Central Committee.

Hu expressed sincere congratulations once again on the successful convening of the 11th National Party Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and on Nguyen Phu Trong’s election as general secretary of the CPV Central Committee. Hu said the 11th National Party Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is a meeting of inheriting the past and ushering in the future. The Chinese side believed under the leadership of the new CPV Central Committee with Nguyen Phu Trong as General Secretary, the Vietnamese party and government would firmly grasp the direction for the future and lead the Vietnamese people to the goals of national construction and development, he said.

The traditional friendship between China and Vietnam was a "treasure" of the two parties, and the two peoples, Hu told Hoang. "The Chinese party and government treat relations with the Vietnamese side from a strategic and long-term perspective," he said. China would as always adhere to the guiding framework of "long-standing stability, facing the future, neighborliness and friendship and all-round cooperation," and the principles of "good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners", he said. China is ready to work with the Vietnamese side to strengthen high-level exchanges, deepen strategic communication, advance mutually beneficial cooperation and expand humanities contacts. Hu also urged both sides to keep closer coordination and collaboration in international and regional affairs and inject new vitality into the two countries' socialist construction causes and the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership.

Hoang conveyed Trong's sincere greetings and best wishes to President Hu. Hoang briefed on the 11th National Party Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and its outcome. On behalf of the CPV Central Committee and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Hoang thanked the CPC Central Committee and General Secretary Hu Jintao for sending a congratulatory letter on the convening of the 11th National Party Congress of the CPV and on Nguyen Phu Trong’s election as general secretary of the CPV Central Committee. Hoang said the new CPV central leadership cherishes the traditional friendship with China and will adhere to the guiding framework of "long-standing stability, facing the future, neighborliness and friendship and all-round cooperation," and the principles of "good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners". He pledged to work with the Chinese side to push relations between both parties and the two countries to new levels and contribute to peace, stability and development in Asia and the world at large.

Minister Wang Jiarui of the International Department of the Central Committee of CPC and other officials attended the meeting.