
Trofimchuk, Chairman of the Council of Experts of theEurasian Research Fund, highlighted the significance of the visit as well asthe talks between the CPV leader and the General Secretary of the Communist Partyof China (CPC) and Chinese President Xi Jinping, and China’s conferment of the Friendship Order on theVietnamese Party chief.
The expert underlined that an important factor of the visit wasthe timing, noting that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was thefirst foreign leader to visit China right after the 20th National Congress ofthe CPC. It was also the first foreign trip of General Secretary Trong afterthe 13th Congress of the CPV, he added.
He called attention to the detail that during their talks, the two leaders reaffirmed thatthe two countries remain steadfast in the path towards socialism and a socialist-orientedmarket economy.
According to the Russian expert, Party General SecretaryTrong's visit showed a vision for the future and demonstrated the friendly relationshipbetween the two Parties as well as the two countries./.