 General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng on December 13, 2023 | |
| Date | December 12–13, 2023 |
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| Venue | Hanoi |
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At the invitation of theGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of VietnamNguyễn Phú Trọng andPresident of VietnamVõ Văn Thưởng,Xi Jinping, theGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party andPresident of China, paid astate visit to Vietnam during December 12–13, 2023.[1] The two sides agreed to issue the Joint Declaration on Further Deepening and Upgrading the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Building a Strategic Community of Destinybetween China and Vietnam.[2][3][4]
On December 12, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping arrived inHanoi. thePrime MinisterPhạm Minh Chính, member of thePolitburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Secretary of theCentral Secretariat, Central Minister of Home AffairsPham Thi Thanh Tra, Secretary of theCPV Central Committee, Minister of External Affairs of the CPV Central CommitteeLê Hoài Trung, and other Vietnamese Party and government leaders and local representatives greeted the event.[5]
On the afternoon of December 12, General Secretary Xi Jinping held talks withNguyễn Phú Trọng, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), at the CPV Central Committee's premises. The two sides announced a new positioning of the relationship between the two parties, on the basis of deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Vietnam, to work together to build a strategic China-Vietnam community of destiny.[6][7] After the talks, the General Secretaries of the two parties witnessed the display of bilateral cooperation documents signed by the two sides, covering more than 30 areas such as the joint construction of theBelt and Road Initiative, inspection and quarantine, development cooperation, digital economy, green development, transportation, local cooperation, defense and law enforcement security cooperation, maritime cooperation, etc. The two sides agreed to issue the Joint Declaration on Further Deepening and Upgrading the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Building a Strategic Community of Destiny between China and Vietnam.[8]
In the evening, Mr. and Mrs. Nguyễn Phú Trọng, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, and Mr. and Mrs. Võ Văn Thưởng, the President of Vietnam, jointly hosted a grand welcome banquet for Xi andPeng Liyuan. All Vietnam's senior leaders, including members of the Politburo and the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), accompanied them.[9]
On the morning of December 13, General Secretary Xi Jinping held talks with Vietnamese President Võ Văn Thưởng at thePresidential Palace in Hanoi. General Secretary Xi also met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính andChairman of the National Assembly of VietnamVương Đình Huệ at the Government Residence.[10] In the afternoon, General Secretary Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan met with representatives of Chinese and Vietnamese youths and friendly people with General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng.[11] Later, General Secretary Xi Jinping led the Chinese delegation to leave Hanoi and return to Beijing.[12]
China and Vietnam signed 37 agreements, including Chinese funding for a cross-border railroad and the holding of joint maritime patrols. The two neighbors also agreed on a three-year plan to boost trade.[13]
China and Vietnam decided to promote cross-border standard railroad connectivity between China and Vietnam, study and promote the construction of theLao Cai - Hanoi - Haiphong standard railroad in Vietnam and carry out feasibility studies on the Dong Dang - Hanoi and Mang Jie - Ha Long - Haiphong standard railroads in due course.[14] Accelerating the docking of infrastructure construction in border areas, including the construction of China's Damsha-Vietnam's Basha Red River Boundary River Highway Bridge.[15][16]
