Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has told China his country will not enter an alliance to confront Beijing, before he met US Vice-President Kamala Harris this week.
In a meeting on Tuesday with Xiong Bo, the Chinese envoy to Hanoi, Pham said Vietnam had always maintained an independent foreign policy that prioritised self-reliance, multilateralism and diversification of ties, the Vietnam News Agency reported.
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