Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Wednesday held talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung who is?in Beijing?for a six-day official visit to China and for the seventh summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) scheduled for October 24-25.

Wen said he is glad to exchange views with Prime Minister Dung on strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.

"I believe under the joint efforts of the two parties, two governments and two peoples, the traditional friendship and cooperation between China and Vietnam will score greater development, benefit the two peoples and make contribution to regional peace, stability and development," Wen said.

Dung said that through his several visits to China, he has witnessed great changes in China, which he admired a lot.

He congratulated China for the great achievements over the past 30 years in its reform and opening up, and particularly in successfully hosting the Beijing Olympic Games and completing the Shenzhou 7 manned space flight mission.

"This again proves the rapid development and rising international prestige of China," Dung said.

(Xinhua News Agency October 22, 2008)