General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee and President To Lam will pay a state visit to China from August 18 – 20 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said the visit reflects the importance and priority of the top level of both sides in consolidating and advancing their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, building the Viet Nam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance. Both sides are very eagerly looking forward to the visit and expect to achieve outcomes in several areas as follows:

Firstly, based on the relationship nurtured by leaders of both countries, including late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other Vietnamese leaders, continuing and further enhancing the fine and favorable development trend of the Viet Nam-China relations achieved through the historical mutual visits of the top leaders of both Parties and countries in the recent past; maintaining high-level strategic exchanges, consolidating the foundation of political confidence, and promoting the orientation for the development of the bilateral relations in the new phase.