On October 25, Hu Zhaoming, spokesperson of the Foreign Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, announced: At the invitation of General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to China from October 30 to November 2. On the same day, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam also announced to the outside world that Nguyen Phu Tung would visit China.
This is the first visit of the top foreign leaders after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It is also China's first home diplomatic activity since the new leadership team of the CPC Central Committee. It has attracted the attention of the world and has attracted great attention from all walks of life in China and Vietnam.
This visit to China shows the special and important relationship between China and Vietnam
Public information shows that Nguyen Phu Trong will become the first foreign leader to visit China after the closing of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. At the same time, this trip was also Nguyen Phu Trong's third visit since he served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam 1.
Pan Jin'e, a researcher at the Institute of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told a reporter from " Global Times " on the 25th that this shows the particularity and importance of the relationship between China and Vietnam, "it transcends bilateral relations in the general sense and has important strategic significance." She also said that the inter-party relations between the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of Vietnam play an important leading role in the national relations between the two countries, "the historical experience of the past seventy years has proved this." At present, both countries have entered a new stage of development, and there are many new issues in governing the country that need to be explored. "The meeting between the leaders of the two parties will inject huge impetus into cooperation between various departments and localities in the two governments."
"Nan Phu Trong's visit reflects the unity and close relationship between the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of Vietnam on ideological ." Hong Kong's " South China Morning Post " quoted international issues research experts from Waseda University in Tokyo on the same day, saying that "high-level visits are an important signal sent by Vietnam to Beijing and the world, and it shows that Hanoi hopes to maintain a healthy China-Vietnam relationship." The expert also commented that Nguyen Phu Trong's visit and congratulatory messages are also in line with the tradition of bipartisan interactions - after each party congress of the Communist Party of China, the Communist Party of Vietnam will send special envoys to China.
In the past two years, the political, economic and trade relations between China and Vietnam have been developing continuously. From 2020 to 2022, Xi Jinping and Nguyen Phu Trong had four calls. On the occasion of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, leaders of both sides exchanged congratulations through various forms. Against the backdrop of the global epidemic, senior leaders of China and Vietnam maintain close contact and communication through phone calls, video talks, letters, etc.
According to statistics from China Customs, in 2021, the total bilateral trade volume between China and Vietnam reached US$230 billion, an increase of 19.7%. According to official Vietnam data, in the first nine months of this year, the bilateral trade volume between China and Vietnam increased by 210.2% year-on-year to US$132.3 billion, of which nearly 70% were imported by Vietnam. Since 2016, Vietnam has been China's largest trading partner in ASEAN for many years, and China has been Vietnam's largest trading partner for 18 consecutive years. From 2019 to 2020, China was the fourth largest investor in Vietnam. It became Vietnam's third largest investor in 2021, and as of the end of 2021, Chinese companies have invested a total of US$21.3 billion in Vietnam.
Deputy Dean of the China Institute of International Studies and Xu Liping, a researcher at the Institute of Asia-Pacific and Global Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, also believe that such visit arrangements are not surprising, whether from the perspective of the traditions and characteristics of Sino-Vietnam interactions.
According to Shangguan News, citing Xu Liping's words, "Vietnam's visit is equivalent to a return visit." After 2017 , Xi Jinping's first foreign visit was Vietnam. This arrangement conveys three points of information.
First, it highlights the particularity and importance of China-Vietnam relations to the two countries; second, it demonstrates the special friendship between China and Vietnam with "good comrades" and "brotherly"; third, it shows that inter-party exchanges have always played a leading and directed role in the development of China-Vietnam relations. When there are some differences in China-Vietnam relations, inter-party exchanges play the role of a stabilizer and can make important plans and guidance on bilateral relations. It is through inter-party exchanges that China and Vietnam have further deepened political mutual trust and strategic communication, which will help resolve differences between the two sides and further promote the general direction of friendly cooperation between the two countries.
On November 5, 2015, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping held talks with General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee of Nguyen Phu Tung in Hanoi.Source: Xinhuanet
promotes bilateral relations into a new stage of development
Nguyen Phu Tung has been re-elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam for three terms since 2011. He has visited China eight times before, the most recent time in January 2017. That was Nguyen Phu Trong's first foreign visit after being re-elected as General Secretary of the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Using China as a destination undoubtedly highlights the importance of Vietnam's bipartisan relations between China and Vietnam.
is similar to the situation at that time. This visit to China will be Nguyen Phu Tung's first visit since he served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. It is also an important moment when the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China successfully concluded and Xi Jinping was re-elected as General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee.
"I look forward to meeting you again as soon as possible, and have in-depth exchanges of opinions on major strategic issues, further enhancing political mutual trust between the two sides, and pointing out the direction for the future development of bilateral relations." Nguyen Phu Tung said in a congratulatory message sent on the 23rd. He also mentioned that on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and in his personal name, he would like to extend his warmest congratulations to Xi Jinping, and sincerely congratulate the great success of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Some Vietnamese media noticed that Nguyen Phu Tung used the word "comrade" to call Xi Jinping at that time.
According to Vietnamese , Nguyen Phu Tung's visit aims to actively and vigorously carry out the external line of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, enhance mutual understanding and political mutual trust between the two Communist Party, the two countries and the people of the two countries; at the same time consolidate the relationship between the two general secretaries and the senior leaders of the two countries, strive to promote the bilateral relations into a new stage of development, and make positive contributions to maintaining the environment of peace, stability, cooperation and development.
In recent years, Vietnam's relations with China have maintained a positive and stable development momentum. The leaders of both countries have reached many important consensuses and contributed to promoting bilateral relations to a new level. High-level officials of the two countries and delegations at all levels visited frequently.
On July 13, 2022, the 14th meeting of the China-Vietnam Bilateral Cooperation Steering Committee was held in Nanning, Guangxi. Source: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs official website
In people's exchanges, especially the exchanges between the younger generation of Vietnam and China are becoming increasingly pragmatic, which will help enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the two parties, the two countries and the people of the two countries. In addition, the two sides also held other exchange activities, such as the Vietnam-China Border and People's Congress, the Vietnam-China People's Forum, the Vietnam Motherland Front and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference exchanges. These activities have helped to consolidate a solid foundation for the continued healthy and stable development of Vietnam-China relations.
Medical and health cooperation, especially cooperation in the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, is a highlight of the relationship between the two countries. During the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China has provided vaccines and a large amount of medical supplies to Vietnam.
Vietnam reported that Nguyen Phu Trong's visit will help consolidate, expand and improve the effectiveness of the relationship between the two parties, point out the direction for bilateral relations; strengthen the relationship between the Vietnamese government, parliament and the Motherland Front; positive changes have occurred in equal and mutually beneficial cooperation in economic, trade, investment and other fields; improve national defense and security cooperation and strengthen cooperation in various international frameworks; develop relations between mass organizations and promote civil exchanges.
Source: Global Network, Vietnam News, Shangguan News
Editor: Tan Qianyuan, Feng Chulin (internship)
