US EditionVietnam's top leader To Lam arrives in China for first state visit
Xi called for stronger infrastructure links and cooperation in AI and semiconductors as the two sides signed several agreements.
- On Wednesday, Vietnamese President Lam met with Chinese President Jinping in Beijing for his first overseas trip since being elected last week, calling the relationship a "top priority."
- Writing in the Daily, Lam described China as a "strategic priority," urging cooperation to move from "increasing scale" to "improving quality" through deeper connections between development strategies and supply chains.
- China remains Vietnam's largest supplier, with Hanoi spending $198 billion on Chinese goods last year; however, Vietnam faces a trade deficit of nearly $100 billion as Chinese imports fell 0.7 percent.
- Jinping emphasized that defending the socialist system represents their greatest common strategic interest, as both nations deepen economic ties despite rival territorial claims in the South China Sea.
- Hanoi sees rivalry between the United States and China as a major impediment to achieving double-digit growth over the next five years, while both nations rely on oil imports via the Strait of Hormuz.
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Vietnam’s President To Lam met with China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese state media said, hoping to deepen ties he says are a top priority. Chinese President Xi Jinping (second from right) and his wife Peng Liyuan (right) pose with Vietnam’s President To Lam (second from left) and his wife Ngo Phuong Ly at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 15, 2026. Photo: Vietnam News Agency/AFP. The visit is Lam’s first tr…
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BEIJING, April 15 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping called for China and Vietnam to maintain a high degree of strategic clarity and prioritise safeguarding political security during a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart on Wednesday. Vietnam’s top leader, To Lam, is in China until Friday in his first overseas trip since being elected state president last week, a sign of warming ties between the two Communist neighbours. Th…
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