On the morning of August 19, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing , immediately after the State welcoming ceremony, General Secretary and President To Lam held talks with General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, according to VNA .
Accepting the invitation of General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and his wife, General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife are on a state visit to China from August 18 to 20.
The state visit to China is the first foreign business trip of General Secretary and President To Lam in his new position; is a particularly important foreign policy activity between Vietnam and China this year, having a huge impact on the development trend of relations between the two Parties and two countries in the long term to come.
The fact that General Secretary and President To Lam accepted the invitation of General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping to make the first state visit to China after assuming his new position shows respect. , the top priority of both sides in consolidating and developing the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, building a strategically significant Vietnam-China Community of Shared Future.
Vietnam - China relations, after more than 30 years of normalization, especially after more than 15 years since the establishment of the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Partnership framework in 2008, have made progress up to now. quickly and increasingly deeply and comprehensively in all fields.
In particular, after the historic official visit to China by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in October 2022 and the third state visit to Vietnam by General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping in December 2023 , the two sides agreed to continue to deepen and further enhance the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, building a strategically significant Vietnam-China Future Sharing Community according to the orientation "6 more", opening a new chapter for bilateral relations.
From the beginning of 2024 until now, the relationship between the two countries has maintained a positive development momentum, the atmosphere of cooperation has spread strongly to all levels, sectors and people of all walks of life. Both sides assess that the bilateral relationship is at the deepest, most comprehensive and substantive level ever.
