General Secretary To Lam holds talks with top Chinese leader Xi Jinping

At the talks, which took place right after the official welcome ceremony for the Chinese leader, To welcomed Xi’s state visit, noting its significance during the Year of Viet Nam-China Humanistic Exchange and the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

The Vietnamese leader expressed confidence that the visit would mark a new milestone in the enduring friendship between the two Parties and nations, contributing to further deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and advancing the building of a Viet Nam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic importance.

In response, Xi expressed his joy at returning to Viet Nam - both "a comrade and a brother" - just over a year since his last visit. He highlighted the visit’s timing that coincides with Viet Nam’s celebrations of the 95th anniversary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV), the 80th anniversary of the nation’s founding, and the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification.

Xi noted that choosing Viet Nam as the first destination for his overseas visits this year reflects the high value the Chinese Party and State place on bilateral relations as well as the deep bond shared by the two countries.

The Chinese leader expressed readiness to engage in in-depth discussions with Party General Secretary To and other key Vietnamese leaders to discuss orientations and measures to foster the traditional friendship and shape a vision for the building of the China–Viet Nam community with a shared future that carries strategic importance, guided by six major orientations.

As comrades and brothers, China and Viet Nam stand united and cooperate closely on the path of socialist modernisation in each country, moving forward together, striving for the happiness of their peoples, and contributing more to human progress, he affirmed.

To said the Vietnamese Party and State believe in and support Xi’s continued leadership in steering China toward sustained development and achieving its second centenary goal, while playing an increasingly important role in promoting peace, cooperation, and development in the region and around the world.

Fostering relations with China remains an objective requirement, a strategic choice, and a top priority in Viet Nam’s overall foreign policy, he noted.

On this occasion, To expressed his gratitude to the Party, State, and people of China for their immense and wholehearted support to the Party, State, and people of Viet Nam.

Xi held that under the leadership of the Vietnamese Party and State, the political and social situation in Viet Nam has remained stable in recent years, with significant achievements in reforms and an increasingly enhanced international standing.

He also praised the great achievements of the recent bold reforms carried out by the Vietnamese Party and State, believing that under the CPV Central Committee’s leadership with General Secretary To at its helm, the Vietnamese people will successfully realise their set goals and tasks, confidently ushering the country into a new era of development.

Xi is on his fourth state visit to Viet Nam as China's top leader, and the second within his current term. It demonstrates the high regard that the Chinese Party and State, as well as the leader personally, place on strengthening the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive cooperation between Viet Nam and China.

The visit takes place at a time when the two countries are celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations (January 18, 1950 - January 18, 2025). This visit contributes to promoting and deepening the framework of the Viet Nam - China Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and the Viet Nam - China Community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, thus bringing the bilateral relationship to a new height.

Since the two countries established the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership in 2008, especially after the historic mutual visits of the top leaders of the two Parties and the two countries in recent years, the bilateral relationship has made strong, comprehensive and remarkable development steps in many fields.

 The two Parties and two countries always strive to foster the bilateral ties, continue to deepen and elevate the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, and build a "Viet Nam-China Community with a shared future that carries strategic significance"./.