During Mr. Lam’s visit, Vietnam and China issued a Joint Statement; signed cooperation documents pertaining to Party, public security, judicial affairs, economics, production chains, supply chains, customs, science, technology, social welfare, human resources, and media; and launched “Vietnam-China Tourism Cooperation Year 2026-2027”.
Agreement to strengthen relations
General Secretary and President Lam held meetings with China’s top leaders, including President Xi, Premier Li Qiang, and Chairman of the National People’s Congress Zhao Leji.
The two sides agreed to maintain and strengthen the fine tradition of high-level exchanges, promptly exchange views on major bilateral, regional, and global issues, and steer their comprehensive strategic partnership toward healthy, stable development from a strategic, long-term vision.
The two sides agreed to enhance all-level exchanges between the two militaries, promote the role of the joint patrol mechanism, ensure effective joint patrol activities in the Gulf of Tonkin, strengthen multilateral security cooperation, and jointly contribute to regional peace and stability.
They agreed to enhance cooperation in new energy, supply chain connectivity, renewable energy technologies, the digital economy, and green development.
“China has strengths in emerging strategic industries such as new energy, photovoltaics, energy storage, and power generation, while Vietnam is accelerating its industrialization. Energy cooperation will be a very important component of China-Vietnam cooperation,” said Professor Cui Shoujun of China’s Renmin University.
Both sides agreed to maintain free and open trade and investment, build safe and stable production and supply chains, and establish a working group on production and supply chain cooperation to further strengthen collaboration in those areas. Reputable enterprises from both countries will be encouraged to invest in each other’s market. The two countries will study ways to promote high-quality economic and trade cooperation zones.
Messages shaping the future
Vietnam and China agreed to make railway cooperation a highlight of their strategic partnership. China will cooperate with Vietnam in financing, technology, training, and industrial capacity, and direct capable enterprises to participate in railway construction projects. Both sides will develop international intermodal passenger and freight transport by rail and facilitate passenger entry and exit procedures.
The Vietnamese top leader experienced China’s high-speed train from Beijing to the Xiong’an New Area. Vietnam is interested in China’s technology, technical standards, and operational practices, as China has the world’s largest high-speed rail network. Mr. Lam’s tour of Xiong’an, dubbed the city of the future, reflects Vietnam’s interest in finding solutions to urban congestion.
While visiting Tsinghua University, one of the world’s leading educational institutions, General Secretary and President Lam highlighted Vietnam’s need for high-quality Human Resources, saying educational cooperation with China in artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and the digital economy is a way to narrow the knowledge gap, absorb advanced governance and applied research, and build a capable workforce with which to make breakthroughs in the global value chain.
Mr. Lam’s state visit to China marks a new beginning in Vietnam-China relations. Its outcomes reflect the determination of both sides to develop their “comradeship and brotherhood” in a more stable, substantive, and sustainable manner.
