Chinese leader to pay State visit to Vietnam in November hinh anh 1General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping (Photo: AFP/VNA)

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping will pay a State visit to Vietnam from November 5-6.

The visit will be made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and President of Vietnam Truong Tan Sang, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

Vietnam and China established the diplomatic relationship on January 18, 1950.

In April this year, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong also paid an official visit to China.

During the last 10 years, China has continually been Vietnam’s largest trade partner while Vietnam has become the second biggest ASEAN trade partner of its neighbour. In 2014, their trade revenue reached 58.87 billion USD. A total investment of 7.94 billion USD in 1,082 projects made China the ninth largest foreign investor in Vietnam by the end of last year.-VNA
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