In the regular press conference of the MFA of China on April 16, 2025, Spokesperson Lin Jian answers questions about the recent state visit of president Xi to Vietnam.

In the conference, journalist from People’s Daily asks, "General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping concluded the state visit to Viet Nam yesterday. This is his first overseas trip this year, and also the first leg of the trip to the three Southeast Asian countries, which is closely followed by the international community. Could you share more details with us?"

Lin answers, "From April 14 to 15, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC and President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Viet Nam upon invitation. This is General Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s fourth visit to Viet Nam in 10 years and the first leg of his first overseas trip this year. While in Viet Nam, General Secretary and President Xi Jinping had talks with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam To Lam, met with Vietnamese President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the National Assembly of Viet Nam Tran Thanh Man, and met with representatives attending Chinese and Vietnamese People’s Friendship Meeting. The two general secretaries jointly witnessed the display of 45 bilateral cooperation documents signed between China and Viet Nam and attended the launching ceremony of the China-Viet Nam railway cooperation mechanism. The two sides issued a joint statement on further deepening their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and accelerating the building of the China-Viet Nam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance. The visit is a full success which adds new dynamism to the building of the China-Viet Nam community with a shared future and the socialist cause of the two countries, and provides positive energy for prosperity and stability in the region and beyond.

Then, Lin Jian indicates, "This year marks the 75th anniversary of China-Viet Nam diplomatic ties and the China-Viet Nam Year of People-to-People Exchanges, which presents an important opportunity to build on what has been achieved and take the relationship into the next chapter. While in Viet Nam, General Secretary and President Xi Jinping proposed six measures to deepen the building of the China-Viet Nam community with a shared future. He said we need to elevate strategic mutual trust to a higher level, build more robust security safeguards, expand higher-quality mutually beneficial cooperation, make the people-to-people bond more broad-based, carry out closer multilateral coordination, and engage in more constructive maritime interactions. Both sides agreed to firmly strengthen friendship, support each other in pursuing the socialist path suited to our respective national conditions, elevate strategic mutual trust to a higher level, build pillars for more practical security cooperation, seize the opportunity of the formation of new quality productive forces in China and new types of productive forces in Viet Nam to conduct more broad-based, in-depth, and comprehensive cooperation, consolidate the public support for the China-Viet Nam community with a shared future, have closer multilateral strategic coordination, properly handle and resolve differences, and act in the larger interest of China-Viet Nam friendship."

"China will work with Viet Nam to implement the important common understandings between the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, renew their long-standing friendship featuring “camaraderie plus brotherhood”, act in line with the overarching goals characterized by “six mores”, advance their comprehensive strategic cooperation with high-quality efforts, uphold international fairness and justice, ensure steady and sustained progress in building the China-Viet Nam community with a shared future, and make new and greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for mankind."

(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China)