Professor Xu Liping described the ASEAN Future Forum as a tangible contribution by Vietnam to the regional grouping, demonstrating the country’s sense of mission and responsibility as an emerging middle power.
The report adopted at the 14th National Congress successfully integrates the practical experience of socialist construction in Vietnam with the CPV’s leadership theory, highlighting both reform and leadership characteristics, said Professor Xu Liping, Director of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS).
Xu noted that it marked Xi’s fourth trip to Vietnam in his capacity as China’s top leader, and his second during the tenures of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.