During Xi's visits, China exchanged views on the Belt and Road Initiative with its two socialist neighbors. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang said consensus was reached.

GENG SHUANG CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON "During President Xi Jinping's visit to Vietnam, the two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the joint implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Two Corridors and One Economic Circle plan. The joint statement issued by the two countries made it clear that Vietnam is willing to work with China to implement the MOU reached so far, specify key priority areas and concrete projects of cooperation at an early date, and promote policy communication, infrastructure connectivity, trade facilitation, finance availability, and people-to-people exchanges between the two sides, in order to upgrade China-Vietnam strategic cooperation."