Party leader’s visit to take Vietnam-China ties to new development period

Xi (second from left) with Trong and their spouses during Xi's visit to Vietnam in 2015. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has arrived in China for an official visit.

The visit is made at the invitation by President of China Xi Jinping.

The visit aims to actively carry out the foreign policy set at the 13th National Party Congress, and raise mutual understanding and political trust between the two parties, states and people, towards taking bilateral ties to a new development period, contributing to maintaining an environment of peace, stability, cooperation and development.

In recent years, ties between Vietnam and China have maintained a stable and positive trend. Their leaders have reached important common perceptions, helping lift bilateral ties to new heights.

The two countries have maintained high-level visits and established cooperation and exchange mechanisms between party committees at the central level.

Health cooperation, especially in the fight against Covid-19, is a bright spot in the relationship.

China is one of the largest and fastest vaccine suppliers for Vietnam, with 7.3 million doses in donation and about 45 million doses in sales as of late 2021.

Trong's visit is also expected to create new and positive changes in equal and mutually beneficial cooperation in economy, trade, investment and other fields; enhance defence-security cooperation and collaboration at international forums, develop ties between mass organisations and people-to-people exchanges.