Vietnamese people would like to join Chinese people in celebrating the achievements recorded over the last 64 years and hope they will continue to score greater successes in the process of openness and reform, a Vietnamese official said Thursday.

Trinh Dinh Dung, the minister of construction of Vietnam, made the toast at the reception in celebration of the 64th anniversary of the National Day of China, which is held by the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam.

Kong Xuanyou, Chinese ambassador to Vietnam, said at the reception that China today is world's second biggest economy and second largest trading partner. It actively participates in global and regional affairs, and is committed to ensuring that its development will bring even greater benefits to its neighbors.

China is at an important historical juncture with the great achievements of reform and opening up on their hands and new opportunities and challenges facing in front of them, and it is striving for the realization of Chinese Dream, he added.

The new leadership of China pays great attention to China- Vietnam relation and always considers Vietnam as one of its important neighboring countries. China wishes to collaborate with Vietnam to elevate the China-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to a new high, he added.

Trinh said over the last 64 years, especially 35 years of reform, the Chinese people have recorded great achievements in the national development process, thus improving people's life, increasing China's international status, making important contributions to the common development of the world.

Since the beginning of this year, the relations between Vietnam and China continue to make strong progress, cooperation and exchanges between the two countries' parties, national assemblies, ministries, localities and mass organizations have been strongly promoted.

In the midst of the global economic difficulties, the two countries' bilateral trade still maintained consistent growth, said Trinh, adding that currently both parties are striving to raise bilateral trade turnover to 60 billion U.S. dollars by 2015. Endi