Hanoi, (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping and the high-level delegation of the Chinese Party and State laid a wreath and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on December 13 morning.
The Chinese Party General Secretary and President was accompanied by Phan Dinh Trac, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs.
Later in the day, Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.
The Chinese Party and State leader and his spouse are making a two-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and his spouse, and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong and his spouse./.
China press spotlights development of Vietnam – China ties
The State visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping on December 12-13 is expected to develop the Vietnam – China relations to a new high, according to the Global Times, an English-language publication under the CPC’s flagship newspaper - People’s Daily.