At noon local time on April 14, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President Xi Jinping, arrived in Hanoi on a special plane to pay a state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of To Lam, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), and Luong Cuong, president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. In a written speech at the airport, Xi sent his sincere greetings to the Vietnamese people and said he looked forward to taking this visit as an opportunity to break a new blueprint for building a community of destiny between China and Vietnam with the Vietnamese side.
On the afternoon of the 14th, President Xi Jinping held talks with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPC) To Lam at the CPC Central Committee’s residence, proposing to enhance strategic strength, jointly oppose unilateral hegemony, safeguard the global free trade system and the stability of the industrial chain supply chain and put forward a six-point initiative on deepening the construction of the China-Vietnam community of destiny, including enhancing a higher level of strategic mutual trust, constructing a stronger security barrier, expanding a higher quality of mutually beneficial cooperation, tying up a wider range of public opinions, and strengthening the relationship between China and Vietnam. After the talks, the general secretaries of the two parties witnessed the display of 45 bilateral cooperation texts signed by China and Vietnam, covering areas such as connectivity, artificial intelligence, customs inspection and quarantine, trade in agricultural products, culture and sports, people’s livelihoods, human resource development, and media. The two sides issued the Joint Declaration of the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Continuously Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Accelerating the Construction of the China-Vietnam Community of Destiny of Strategic Significance.
That evening, President Xi Jinping met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh,and the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tran Thanh Man. At the meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, President Xi affirmed Vietnam’s progress in political and social stability, achievements in renovation and upgrading of its international status, stressing that the two sides should strengthen strategic collaboration, deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation, serve their respective modernization processes, and make the fruits of building a community of destiny between China and Vietnam better benefit the people of the two countries. During his meeting with President Tran Thanh Man, President Xi Jinping pointed out that both China and Vietnam are at a critical period of development and revitalization, and should strengthen their road and system confidence, enhance unity and cooperation, and continue to deepen the construction of the strategically important China-Vietnam community of destiny.The two sides agreed to take the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges as an opportunity to carry forward the “red gene” , enhance the friendship between the two countries’ people, especially the young generation, and push forward China-Vietnam relations to a stable and far-reaching future.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPC) Central Committee To Lam said that General Secretary Xi Jinping’s visit has given strong impetus to the development of China-Vietnam relations, and that Vietnam is ready to work with the Chinese side to implement global development initiatives, global security initiatives, and jointly defend international justice. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Vietnam-China cooperation will bring more benefits to the two peoples and help regional peace and stability. National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man emphasized that Vietnam-China friendship and cooperation is the common aspiration of the two peoples, and the Vietnamese side is willing to strengthen exchanges between legislatures to guarantee the results of cooperation.