BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Vietnam's second-highest ranking official on Friday (Oct 20) that both countries must not forget the "original intention" of their traditional friendship.
A man raises a Chinese flag next to a Vietnamese flag before a meeting between the foreign ministers of both countries in Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov 2, 2017. BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Vietnam's second-highest ranking official on Friday that both countries must not forget the"original intention" of their traditional friendship.
China has traditionally strong ties with Vietnam since diplomatic relations were established in 1950, despite a brief war in 1979. Beijing has backed Hanoi's fight against former colonial ruler France, and later, against Saigon and the United States during the Vietnam War. Thuong, Vietnam's No 2 after its Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, held talks with Xi after attending Beijing's Belt and Road Forum.
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