Chinese Party, State leader to visit Vietnam next week hinh anh 1
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping (Photo: VNA)

The visit will be made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and his spouse, and President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse, according to the CPV Central Committee's Commission for External Relations.

This is the third time Xi has visited Vietnam after the 2015 and 2017 trips.

Over the past 15 years, the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Partnership between the two countries have developed practically and effectively, yielding outstanding achievements in key fields such as politics, economy, defense - security, culture and social affairs.

China is the first country with which Vietnam has built a comprehensive strategic cooperation partnership with. Vietnam is also the first Southeast Asian country with which China has established this framework of relations.

The two countries have maintained regular contacts and meetings, including a China visit by Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong late last year.

Last year, two-way trade turnover between the two countries reached US$175.56 billion, up 5.47%, of which Vietnamese exports stood at US457.7 billion, up 3.18%, and imports grossed US$117.86 billion, up 6.63%.

China poured nearly US$2.1 billion into 478 Vietnamese projects in the first nine months of this year, becoming the second largest FDI investor in the country.

Source: VOV