China and Vietnam should uphold the principles of peace, development, cooperation and mutual benefit, and work together to oppose unilateralism and protectionism, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
Both sides should safeguard the global free trade system and keep the industrial and supply chains stable and unimpeded, he said.
Xi made the remarks when holding talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Vietnamese President To Lam, who is on a state visit to China.
This marks the first foreign trip Lam made since being elected president of Vietnam earlier this month. The trip also comes a year after Xi’s historic visit to the Southeast Asian country.
Chinese experts said that with deep mutual trust between the two parties and the two countries, China-Vietnam relations have witnessed stable and sound development, and the latest visit is expected to bring the relationship to a higher level, facilitating synergy between development strategies and pragmatic cooperation.
