Politburo member Dinh The Huynh, head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Publicity and Education, hosted a reception for the Chinese Writers' Association delegation on Monday in Ha Noi.— VNA/VNS Photo Doan Tan

HA NOI (VNS)— Literature and arts play an important role in nurturing the friendship between Viet Nam and China, a senior Party official said while welcoming a delegation of Chinese writers to Viet Nam.

Politburo member Dinh The Huynh, head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Publicity and Education, hosted a reception for the Chinese Writers' Association delegation on Monday in Ha Noi.

During the reception, led by the association's president Tie Ning, Huynh expressed hope that the writers' associations of Viet Nam and China would continue to work closely together to strengthen the traditional friendship between the two nations.

Tie Ning briefed her host on her association's work as well as the past co-operation between the writers' associations of Viet Nam and China.

She said the delegation's members were strongly impressed by Viet Nam's development as well as its people's love of literature.

She affirmed that her association would promote co-operation with the Vietnamese Writers' Association, particularly exchanges between young writers, to contribute to increasing mutual understanding and friendship between China and Viet Nam. — VNS