Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam and China's President Xi Jinping leave after their meeting at the office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi on Monday, April 14, 2025. - Photo: NHAC NGUYEN / REUTERS
HANOI (Reuters): China's President Xi Jinping on Monday called for stronger ties with Vietnam on trade and supply chains amid disruptions caused by US tariffs, as he attended in Hanoi the signing of dozens of cooperation agreements between the two Communist-run nations.
The visit, planned for weeks and part of a wider trip in South-East Asia, comes as Beijing faces 145% US duties, while Vietnam is negotiating a reduction of threatened US tariffs of 46% that would otherwise apply in July after a global moratorium expires.
