Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong holds talks with Chinese Party General Secretary Xi Jinping (Photo: VOV)

Xinhua News Agency on Monday published an article featuring the talks between the Vietnamese Party leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping.

During the talks, the article said, the two leaders agreed to strengthen traditional friendship, increase strategic exchanges, enhance political trust, promptly address disputes, and boost the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new height. 

In its article, Beijing Evening News focused on the three outstanding features of the visit, saying Party leader Trong was the first foreign leader to visit China after the 20th CPC National Congress and it was also the first overseas trip by the Vietnamese leader following the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Moreover, this was the first time China has received a foreign leader on an official visit after three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the article added.

The article said Vietnam-China relations have been developing fruitfully, noting that over the years, thanks to joint efforts by high-ranking leaders of the two Parties and countries, especially close contact between the two Party chiefs, the bilateral relationship is on the right track and developing strongly.