(Source: 21st Century Economic Report 2026-04-18)
From April 14th to 17th, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Su Lin paid a four-day state visit to China. This is Toulin's first visit to China since he was re-elected as President of Vietnam. It is also his first visit to China as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of the State after the conclusion of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Mao Ning, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that General Secretary Su Lin made China the first country he visited, which fully reflects the great importance he attaches to the development of relations between the two parties and countries between China and Vietnam. According to CCTV News, Su Lin published a signed article in the People's Daily, saying that Vietnam and China are neighbors with "mountains and rivers" and the two countries have many similarities in culture. The relationship between the two nations has been cultivated in the long history of exchanges and has become stronger through the test and tempering of time. Among relations between neighboring countries, the most long-term significance lies in the ability to view bilateral relations from a strategic perspective and a long-term perspective, cherish the precious values cultivated by our ancestors over time, and put the fundamental and long-term interests of the two peoples in the first place.
During his four-day visit to China, Su Lin had a tight schedule. In addition to Beijing, he also went to Hebei and Guangxi for field inspections. During this period, Su Lin also visited Tsinghua University, attended the opening ceremony of the China-Vietnam Higher Education Cooperation and Science and Technology Innovation Forum, and delivered a policy speech.
On the morning of April 17, China and Vietnam issued the "Joint Statement between the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on continuing to deepen the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new era and promoting the construction of a higher-level China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance" (referred to as the "Statement"). The "Statement" pointed out that the two sides agreed to speed up the docking of the two countries' development strategies, implement the cooperation plan for jointly building the "Belt and Road" initiative and the "Two Corridors and One Circle" framework, promote the integration of bilateral w88 with infrastructure, logistics and market connectivity; deepen cooperation in key industries; maintain a free and open w88 and investment environment; strengthen the docking of science and technology innovation policies, implement the China-Vietnam Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement, and continue to give full play to the role of the Intergovernmental Joint Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation.
Zhao Weihua, director of the China Peripheral Research Center at Fudan University, said in an interview with a reporter from the 21st Century Business Herald that Su Lin chose to visit China at this time. First, it was a natural continuation after completing Vietnam’s domestic political agenda. It also coincided with the opening year of China’s “15th Five-Year Plan” and Vietnam’s implementation of the Vietnam In the initial year, the resolution of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China aims to strengthen strategic alignment; secondly, in the face of external economic pressure and global uncertainty, Vietnam urgently needs to deepen economic and w88 cooperation with China, such as promoting the construction of standard gauge railways and optimizing w88 balance to stabilize the economic fundamentals, diversify risks and seek industrial upgrading.
Head of State Diplomacy Leads China-Vietnam Cooperation
On April 7, Su Lin was elected President of Vietnam and announced his visit to China on the 9th. Two years ago, Su Lin also chose China for his first overseas trip after taking office as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Shang Feng, director of the Vietnamese Department of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages at the w88 casino, told the 21st Century Business Herald reporter that Su Lin chose China for his two first visits, which clearly shows that Vietnam places the development of relations with China at the top priority of its foreign policy.
In recent years, under the leadership of China-Vietnam heads of state diplomacy, the "comradeship and brotherhood" relationship between China and Vietnam has continued to deepen, which has also injected more impetus into the development of bilateral relations. From March 15th to 17th, the first ministerial-level meeting of the "3+3" strategic dialogue mechanism between China and Vietnam on diplomacy, national defense, and public security was successfully held. Su Lin said in a signed article in the "People's Daily" that this is a new development in strategic docking cooperation between the two countries, demonstrating that bilateral relations are developing in a deeper and more pragmatic direction.
“China and Vietnam maintain high-level strategic communication, which plays the dual role of ‘ballast stone’ and ‘propeller’ for the relations and cooperation between the two countries. "Zhao Weihua said that the "3+3" strategic dialogue mechanism is a "very important form" for China and Vietnam to strengthen understanding and promote practical cooperation. First, high-level direct dialogue can timely discuss bilateral relations and major international and regional issues to ensure that relations do not deviate from the correct track of a "community with a shared future" and enhance political stability." Mutual trust in governance. Secondly, to overcome difficulties pragmatically, the "3+3" strategic dialogue mechanism between China and Vietnam on diplomacy, national defense, and public security has created a new model of security cooperation between socialist countries, elevating cooperation from the economic and w88 level to the level of political security, effectively managing differences, jointly combating transnational crimes, and providing a stable and safe environment for cooperation in all fields.
He further stated that the core significance of this type of strategic communication platform is to build a normalized and institutionalized communication channel, coordinate development and security, ensure the steady and long-term progress of the construction of a community with a shared future between China and Vietnam, and bring tangible benefits to the people of the two countries.
It is worth mentioning that the “3+3” strategic dialogue mechanism of diplomacy, national defense, and public security established by China and Vietnam is the world’s first important strategic communication platform. Nie Huihui, associate researcher at the Institute of Southeast Asia and Oceania at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, told the 21st Century Business Herald reporter that this dialogue mechanism fully demonstrates the strategic nature and high level of China-Vietnam relations, marking smoother strategic communication and collaboration between the two sides, and is conducive to the deeper and more stable development of bilateral relations.
Shang Feng said that among the bilateral relations between various countries and China and even around the world, China-Vietnam relations are undoubtedly at the forefront in the construction of this communication mechanism, and it also provides China with experience and examples that can be used for reference in handling relations with other neighboring countries.
Since the announcement of the establishment of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance in December 2023, China and Vietnam have frequented frequent exchanges, and high-level officials from both sides have maintained in-depth communication in a timely manner on the overall, strategic, and directional issues of the relationship.
7(Source: 21st Century Business Herald 2026-04-18) From April 14th to 17th, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President Su Lin paid a four-day state visit to China. This is Toulin's first visit to China since he was re-elected as President of Vietnam. It is also his first visit to China as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of the State after the conclusion of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that General Secretary Su Lin made China the first country he visited, which fully reflects the great importance he attaches to the development of relations between the two parties and countries between China and Vietnam. According to CCTV News, Su Lin published a signed article in the People's Daily, saying that Vietnam and China are neighbors with "mountains and rivers" and the two countries have many similarities in culture. The relationship between the two nations has a long history of exchanges...9
The outside world has noticed that Su Lin’s itinerary for this visit to China is quite unconventional. After arriving on the morning of April 14, Su Lin immediately took the "Fuxing" high-speed train to visit Xiongan New Area. On the morning of the 16th, Su Lin once again chose to take the high-speed train from Beijing to Nanning, Guangxi to continue his visit to China.
Su Lin took the high-speed train through many provinces in central and western China, with a mileage of more than 2,400 kilometers and a journey of about 10 hours. During his tight state visit itinerary, Su Lin traveled thousands of kilometers across China's north and south by high-speed rail for a long time, which is quite rare. Some analysts believe that Su Lin took China's high-speed rail this trip to experience the technology and operation of China's high-speed rail and seek reference for Vietnam's North-South high-speed railway and the Hanoi-Quang Ninh high-speed railway that has started construction.
According to CCTV news reports, on the high-speed train, Su Lin said that the “15th Five-Year Plan” adopted by China has opened a new chapter for China’s development, and Vietnam is also implementing the resolution of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The two parties and two countries should strengthen strategic alignment and seek development together.
"Su Lin took the high-speed rail more than once during this trip, once in Xiongan and the other to Nanning, which may indicate that railway and transportation infrastructure cooperation will be a key area of cooperation between the two countries in the future." Shang Feng analyzed to reporters that Vietnam has passed relevant resolutions on high-speed rail construction in 2024. Although it experienced some twists and turns last year, high-speed rail construction has always been the top priority of Vietnam's infrastructure construction in recent years and is a large-scale key project. Therefore, the cooperation between China and Vietnam in the railway field is expected to reach a new level.
Zhao Weihua also said that as of now, China's high-speed rail operating mileage has exceeded 50,000 kilometers, and its technology, efficiency and adaptability are among the world's leaders. Vietnam is eager to introduce Chinese technology to promote railway construction. In December 2025, construction of the Lao Cai-Hanoi-Haiphong standard gauge railway connecting China and Vietnam has started, with a design speed of 160 kilometers per hour. In the future, the completion of the three standard gauge railways will significantly reduce logistics costs and make the industrial chain between China and Vietnam more closely connected.
Throughout Su Lin’s four-day visit to China, he visited Xiongan New Area and Tsinghua University. He also attended the opening ceremony of the China-Vietnam Higher Education Cooperation and Science and Technology Innovation Forum and delivered a policy speech.
Su Lin is the first foreign head of state to visit Xiongan New Area. CCTV News reported that at the Xiongan New Area Launch District Comprehensive Service Center, Su Lin stopped to listen to the planning concepts and visited the Central Green Valley to feel the effectiveness of the construction of an ecological and livable city. On the same day, Su Lin pointed out in a signed article published in Chinese media that Vietnam is placing the fields of science and technology, reform and innovation, and digital transformation at the center of its national development strategy, and hopes to work with China to open up new space for development and promote the strategic alignment of the two countries to a higher level. In the afternoon of the same day, Su Lin visited Tsinghua University and attended the China-Vietnam Higher Education Cooperation and Science and Technology Innovation Forum.
In his speech, Su Lin fondly reviewed the profound friendship between the two parties and countries of China and Vietnam, stressing that the Vietnamese party and government regard developing relations with China as a top priority and attach great importance to talent cultivation and educational cooperation between China and Vietnam. He said that in recent years, China and Vietnam have cooperated increasingly closely in the field of education science and technology, held a series of academic exchange activities for talent training, and carried out cutting-edge exploration in artificial intelligence, green development and other aspects. Tens of thousands of young students are studying in the two countries, and hundreds of universities are working together to inject impetus and vitality into the development of relations between the two parties and countries.
“Looking to the future, the next stage of cooperation between China and Vietnam may focus on high-end technology fields, such as artificial intelligence, robots, intelligent connected vehicles, new energy and new materials.” Shang Feng said that in the future, China and Vietnam will continue to strengthen cooperation in governance systems, especially in economic development governance and high-end talent training.Zhao Weihua believes that jointly cultivating high-quality scientific research talents represents cooperation at the commanding heights of the future industry.
China-Vietnam w88 volume exceeds 290 billion US dollars
In China-Vietnam relations, economic and w88 exchanges have always been the most dynamic. China has long been Vietnam's largest trading partner. Since 2016, Vietnam has maintained China's largest trading partner in ASEAN. Recently, according to Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam He Wei, China-Vietnam bilateral w88 volume will historically exceed the US$290 billion mark in 2025. China will continue to be Vietnam's largest export market for agricultural and aquatic products. Among them, Vietnamese fruits and vegetables exported to China earned US$5.5 billion in foreign exchange, which has greatly helped local farmers increase their income and become rich.
China-Vietnam economic and w88 cooperation continues to grow in popularity, with results emerging frequently. Looking back at the development history of China-Vietnam economic and w88, Zhao Weihua said that in 1991, the bilateral w88 volume between China and Vietnam was only US$32 million. By 2025, it had exceeded US$290 billion, an increase of approximately 9,061 times. Since 2004, China has been Vietnam's largest economic and w88 partner; in 2016, Vietnam became China's largest trading partner in ASEAN; in 2024, Vietnam will surpass Russia and become China's fourth largest trading partner, second only to the United States, South Korea and Japan. These data fully demonstrate that China-Vietnam economic and w88 relations are becoming increasingly close and there is broad room for development.
On the other hand, China’s investment in Vietnam continues to rise and shows the characteristics of “quality improvement”. The "Country (Region) Guide to Foreign Investment Cooperation" issued by the Ministry of Commerce of China states that in 2024, China's investment in Vietnam will amount to US$4.73 billion, second only to Singapore and South Korea. China's investment in Vietnam has gradually shifted from traditional textiles and clothing, bags, shoes and hats, home appliances, and furniture to electronic information, green energy, semiconductors, artificial intelligence and other fields, such as electronic products, wind and solar power stations, etc., and is gradually shifting from low-cost OEM to high value-added production.
In Nie Huihui’s view, China-Vietnam economic and w88 cooperation shows strong complementarity. China and Vietnam are each other's fourth and largest trading partners in the world. The w88 between the two countries is mainly intermediate goods, which reflects the deep integration of the production and supply chains of both parties. The high complementarity of bilateral economic and w88 between China and Vietnam has also enabled the economic and w88 cooperation between the two countries to remain strong and resilient and achieve steady growth despite the backdrop of counter-globalization and geo-economic fluctuations. It has also promoted the coordinated development of China-ASEAN regional production networks and promoted the construction of a more balanced and stable regional pattern.
The "Statement" pointed out that both parties agreed to deepen cooperation in key industries. Under the premise of complying with respective laws, regulations and industrial policies, we should explore cooperation on key minerals, actively participate in building a global clean energy partnership, and promote cooperation in power interconnection between the two countries. Maintain free and open w88 and investment, jointly build a safe and stable industrial and supply chain, establish a working group on industry and supply chain cooperation, and promote the strengthening of industry and supply chain cooperation. Actively promote cooperation in intelligent manufacturing, digital economy, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, semiconductors, high-speed rail and other fields, and support both parties in carrying out technical cooperation. Strengthen cooperation in the financial field and provide financial support for joint venture and partnership projects in accordance with market principles. Make good use of the two countries' financial and monetary cooperation working groups, strengthen information communication and experience sharing on policy regulation and reform in the financial and monetary fields, implement cross-border QR code interconnection cooperation, explore expanding the scope of local currency settlement, and improve the ability to withstand financial risks.
In this regard, Zhao Weihua believes that China and Vietnam have great potential for cooperation in the fields of energy, minerals, technological innovation and finance: "First of all, in terms of energy, China's power technology has advantages in the entire industry chain internationally, especially China's ultra-high voltage transmission technology. Vietnam has long faced power shortages. The two sides are strengthening clean energy cooperation, covering wind power, photovoltaics and other fields. At the same time, Vietnam also hopes to increase the scale of power imports from China;
Secondly, in the field of strategic minerals, Vietnam has relatively good rare earth resource endowments, while China has world-leading technology and industrial advantages in rare earth mining, smelting separation and downstream applications. If the two parties strengthen cooperation, they will provide raw material guarantees for Vietnam's new energy vehicles and electronics industries, and at the same time improve Sino-Vietnam supply chain collaboration in the high-tech field;
Third, in terms of technological innovation, the two sides are focusing their cooperation on cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and smart cities. Vietnam has learned from the experience of Zhongguancun and other science and technology parks, aiming to make digital transformation a new highlight of bilateral relations through joint technological research and talent cultivation;
Fourth, in the financial field, cooperation is deepening in the direction of digitization and facilitation. With the vigorous development of cross-border e-commerce, supporting cross-border payment and settlement services are also continuing to innovate and upgrade. Currently, Alipay can be used in Vietnam, and cross-border e-commerce between China and Vietnam has achieved arrival within 3 days. In the future, as financial cooperation deepens, the economic ties between China and Vietnam will become closer. ”
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