Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Vietnamese President To Lam in Beijing on Wednesday to advance high-quality comprehensive strategic cooperation. The meeting marks Lam's first foreign trip since his election as Vietnam's president earlier this month. Both leaders pledged to deepen ties across economy, technology, and other fields while opposing unilateralism.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Vietnamese President To Lam in Beijing on Wednesday.
Xi stated that China will advance high-quality comprehensive strategic cooperation with Vietnam and accelerate building a higher-level China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance. He noted that Lam's visit at the earliest opportunity after his election demonstrates Vietnam's emphasis on bilateral relations, adding that China has always regarded Vietnam as a priority in its neighborhood diplomacy.
Xi expressed confidence in Vietnam's socialist path under Lam's leadership and stressed maintaining strategic vigilance to preserve the communist parties' ruling position. He called for implementing the new CPC-CPV cooperation plan, utilizing the China-Vietnam "3+3" strategic dialogue on diplomacy, defense, and public security, aligning development strategies, and cooperating in emerging fields like artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and the Internet of Things.
To Lam affirmed Vietnam views relations with China as an objective necessity, strategic choice, and top priority, pledging support for the one-China policy and upgrades in economic, trade, infrastructure, tourism, education, and sub-national cooperation.
Following the talks, the leaders attended a signing ceremony for cooperation documents covering inter-party exchanges, public security, justice, economy, industrial and supply chains, customs, science and technology, livelihoods, human resources, media, and sub-national ties. Xi announced the launch of the China-Vietnam tourism cooperation year for 2026-2027 and urged jointly opposing unilateralism and protectionism to safeguard global free trade and stable supply chains.
