Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung presented Friendship Order, a noble distinction of the Vietnamese State, to Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong in Hanoi on February 12.
Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hong Xiaoyong held a reception in Hanoi on June 29 to mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China (July 1, 1997).
Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh came to the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi on July 6 to thank China for assisting Vietnam in the search and rescue work in the incident involving CASA-121 aircraft.
The two-day State visit to Vietnam by Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping marks a milestone in the relations between the two countries.