HANOI, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam-China relations have achieved robust, comprehensive and significant development across multiple areas in recent years, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has said. In an interview with Xinhua ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Vietnam on Monday, Son said this visit comes less than a year after General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam paid a state visit to China, which carries strategic significance and is expected to have a long-term impact on the development of bilateral ties.
China and Malaysia are neighbors with a millennia-old friendship, friends connected by heart, and partners for win-win cooperation. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1974, the two countries have enjoyed amicable relations and mutual support, setting a model for mutually beneficial cooperation among countries.
PHNOM PENH, April 14 (Xinhua) -- China has been a major contributor to safeguarding, preserving and developing the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, Cambodia's Tourism Minister Huot Hak said. The 401-square-km Angkor park, the kingdom's most popular tourist destination, is home to 91 ancient temples, which had been built from the ninth to the 13th centuries.
HANOI, April 13 (Xinhua) -- China and Vietnam should uphold their traditional friendship featuring "camaraderie plus brotherhood" and join hands to tackle global challenges, Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam He Wei has said. Such a bond is the most vivid reflection of the traditional friendship between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), and between the two countries, the ambassador told Xinhua in an interview ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming state visit to Vietnam from Monday to Tuesday.
From April 14 to 18, Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia. This marks the first overseas trip by the Chinese head of state this year, and his first visit to neighboring countries following the Central Conference on Work Related to Neighboring Countries.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Open dialogue and effective engagement between government officials, academics and media professionals from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will provide opportunities to align interests and move together in mutually beneficial ways, according to a Malaysian political observer. Tan Kar Hing, deputy chairman of Center of Regional Strategic Studies (CROSS), said that against the current backdrop of increasing fragmentation of the global order, working together to develop a more balanced narrative that reflects the perspectives and realities of the Global South will benefit both China and the ASEAN grouping.
