As Xi’s first overseas visit of the year and, notably, his first to a neighbouring country following China’s Central Conference on Work Related to Neighbouring Countries, the move underlined Beijing’s consideration of developing ties with Hanoi as a priority of its broader foreign policy on its neighbourhood, the journalist assessed.
Vietnam has been Guangxi's largest trading partner for the past 26 years, he said, laying stress on untapped cooperation potential, particularly in the agricultural sector.
The Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) was convened in Vientiane, Laos, on October 14.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Liu Ning, member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC Committee of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in Hanoi on August 28, asking the Chinese side to enhance cooperation with Vietnam to boost the connectivity of transport infrastructure and soft infrastructure at border gates.
Vietnam and India should further strengthen connectivity to record more robust growth in bilateral trade, which is expected to hit 15 billion USD this year and surpass the record the two countries set in 2021, Indian analysts have said.
