(VOVWORLD) -Strengthening solidarity and friendship and deepening mutually-beneficial cooperation serves the shared interests of both sides and contributes to peace, stability and prosperity of the region and beyond, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
 China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning. Photo: Kyodo/VNA |
Mao Ning told a regular press conference on Monday in Beijing that China and Vietnam are both socialist countries on a path of reform and transformation in keeping with their respective national realities.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Vietnam on Tuesday and Wednesday, his third visit to Vietnam as Head of the Chinese Party and State.