(Hanoi/Beijing Composite Television) Chinese officials may visit Vietnam at the end of October or early November, and officials of China and Vietnam are preparing for this.
Reuters Friday (October 6) quoted four sources who did not want to be named, saying that China and Vietnam were formulated a joint statement that the statement may be released during the Chinese official visit to Vietnam.
Two of the sources said that the two sides are currently discussing the "community of destiny". This is commonly used in China. Vietnamese officials are cautious about writing the "Destiny Community" in the statement.
Fifth source said that the statement should mention the "community of destiny", and this action can be interpreted as the improvement of bilateral relations between China and Vietnam.
Sources added that if the statement of the statement has made enough progress, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi may visit Hanoi in mid -October and finally finalize the statement.
In the context of geopolitical tension, Chinese officials may visit Vietnam, indicating that Southeast Asia's strategic importance as a new manufacturing center is increasing.
China's official visit has not yet been announced, and it may eventually be canceled or delayed.Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman Fan Qiuzhen responded at a press conference on Thursday (October 5) that all important diplomatic activities in Vietnam would be announced at an appropriate time.When the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs was questioned, there was no information to provide.
Sources said that China has sent a team to Hanoi to arrange accommodation for the Chinese delegation to seek 800 rooms for booking Hanoi Hotel.This number is consistent with the number of people visited by the state.
Vietnam is one of the fastest economic growth countries in Southeast Asia and the latest destination for global supply chain transfer. It is very important to China and the United States.
In September this year, US President Biden visited Vietnam, and the US -Vietnam relations have been upgraded to comprehensive strategic partnership.The last visit to Vietnam was November 2017.In October last year, Ruan Fuzhong, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, visited China.
Experts believe that the positioning of Sino -Vietnamese relations is "comprehensive strategic partnership", which is more "cooperation" than the United States, which means that Vietnam believes to some extent that Sino -Vietnam relations are relatively important.
Vietnamese government data shows that China is its largest investor. In the first nine months of this year, China invested nearly $ 3 billion (S $ 4.1 billion) in Vietnam, six times more than the United States.
But in recent years, Vietnam has worried about China's increasingly tough attitude in the South China Sea.In the joint statement of the United States and Vietnam in September, it would not be renamed Beijing. Do not "threatened or use force" in the controversial South China Sea.
