Vietnamese President To Lam. File | Photograph credit score: Reuters
China mentioned Vietnamese President To Lam can pay a three-day go to beginning Sunday, his first abroad journey since being formally named his nation’s high chief.
“Vietnamese President To Lam can pay a state go to to China from August 18 to twenty,” International Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying mentioned in an announcement on Thursday, including that Chinese language President Xi Jinping had invited him.
China and Vietnam pledged to deepen bilateral ties when Mr Xi visited the nation final December, his first go to in six years.
The go to got here after Vietnam and the US improved diplomatic relations throughout US President Joe Biden’s go to in September.
Mr Lam will now meet Mr Xi, Premier Li Qiang and different officers in a present of “the good significance he attaches to creating relations between the 2 events and international locations”, China’s International Ministry mentioned.
Vietnam has lengthy pursued a technique of “bamboo diplomacy,” striving to keep up good relations with each China and the US.
It shares US issues about Beijing’s rising assertiveness within the disputed South China Sea, but additionally has shut financial ties with China.
The go to comes at a time when tensions within the South China Sea are working excessive following a sequence of clashes between the Philippines and China over the disputed Scarborough and Second Thomas Shoals.
Vietnam, together with Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan, even have overlapping claims within the South China Sea, most of which belongs to Beijing.
China hopes the go to will assist the 2 sides “deepen the constructing of the China-Vietnam neighborhood with a shared future” and “make optimistic contributions to regional and world peace, stability and improvement.”
Vietnam and China, each dominated by communist events, already share a “complete strategic partnership,” Vietnam’s highest diplomatic standing.
