Party chief’s China visit to define long-term direction for bilateral ties

The visit is expected to create strong changes and improve the efficiency of bilateral cooperation in all fields, especially in economic links, thus bringing practical benefits to both nations’ development.The visit takes place at a time when the overall Vietnam-China ties are stable with certain progress made in several fields.

Vietnam and China held the sixth session of the Vietnam-China Land Border Joint Committee in January 2016 and a conference in May the same year to review the five-year implementation of the protocol on border demarcation and marker planting, the agreement on border management regulations, and the agreement on border gates and land border gate management regulations.

Regarding the East Sea issue, high-ranking officials of the two parties and countries have held many discussions and reached important common perception on the resolution of differences and disputes in the East Sea on the basis of respect for legitimate interest of each other and in line with international law.