Vietnam hosts banquet for President Xi’s state visit

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The friendship between China and Vietnam will be consolidated as both are socialist countries under communist party leadership, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday during a banquet in Hanoi hosted by Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee.

The visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said his talks with Nguyen Phu Trong were productive, and that they have both agreed to strengthen their partnership.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, addresses a welcoming banquet held by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at the International Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 12, 2017. /Xinhua Photo

Xi stressed that his state visit to Vietnam aims to consolidate traditional friendship, deepen practical cooperation and chart out future for bilateral ties.

The fact that China and Vietnam both follow the leadership of Communist parties and socialist goals, jointly strengthen solidarity and cooperation, as well as seek prosperity, is in line with the fundamental interests of both peoples and conducive to the peace, stability and development of the region and the world, said Xi.

Xi urged the two countries to continue to be good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners.

Trong, on behalf of the Vietnamese party, government and people, extended warm welcome to Xi, saying that Vietnam and China are neighbors with traditional friendship.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, visit a photo exhibition ahead of a welcoming banquet in Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 12, 2017. /Xinhua Photo

Vietnam attaches great importance to Vietnam-China ties and is willing to work together with China to enhance traditional friendship, deepen practical cooperation and ensure sustainable, healthy and stable development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, Trong said.

Trong believed that Xi's visit will inject new impetus to the bilateral ties.

Xi arrived in Hanoi on Sunday for a state visit to Vietnam, which is his first overseas trip since he was re-elected General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee after the 19th CPC National Congress in October.