Xi's visit to rejuvenate ties with Vietnam
- By Pan Jin’e
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Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, and Vietnam's Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong address young people from both countries in Beijing on April 7, 2015. [Photo by Wu Zhiyi / China Daily] |
President Xi Jinping's state visit to Vietnam this week will be his first to the neighboring country since assuming office. It will also be the first visit by a Chinese president to Vietnam in a decade.
Indeed, Sino-Vietnamese relations have been facing some challenges over the past 10 years, and that's why Xi's visit to Vietnam has acquired greater significance. Thus many expect the visit to better promote Sino-Vietnamese relations and find solutions to the existing bilateral problems.
To begin with, Xi's visit is expected deepen the relationship between the communist parties of the two countries. Since Xi is China's head of state as well as the general secretary of the Communist Party of China, his visit will promote exchanges between the two ruling parties. In fact, an inter-Party cadre training cooperation has already taken shape, which, given the challenges of regional and international affairs, is a welcome move.
Xi's visit to Vietnam is also expected to promote the development of bilateral relations and trade, as well as cooperation across the border.
Besides, the China-led Belt and Road Initiative can be of immense help to infrastructure projects in Vietnam. And more road and railways links between the two countries will be of mutual benefit, as they will boost bilateral trade and tourism.
Sino-Vietnamese relations are facing challenges mainly because of the territorial disputes, which intensified after the US implemented its “rebalancing to Asia” strategy and started meddling in regional disputes. But the situation wouldn't have reached such a stage had Beijing and Hanoi established and abided by a regular communication mechanism.
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