The visit from April 14-17 is made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping and his spouse. This is the first state visit to China by General Secretary and President To Lam in his capacity as the Party and State’s top leader. It comes one year after General Secretary and President Xi’s state visit to Vietnam in April 2025 and represents the third bilateral visit between the two countries’ top leaders in less than two years.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam has written an article posted on the People’s Daily of China ahead of his state visit to China from April 14-17.
He said Vietnam’s Party and State always regard the development of ties with China as a consistent policy, an objective requirement, a strategic choice and a top priority in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification. China’s Party and State also identify Vietnam as a priority direction in its neighbourhood diplomacy and an important component of its broader foreign policy.
Mr. Lam said it is essential to further consolidate the political foundation of Vietnam-China relations and continue maintaining regular high-level exchanges, increasing strategic sharing, making full use of existing mechanisms, and effectively implementing cooperation across the channels of the Party, Government, National Assembly/National People's Congress, Vietnam Fatherland Front/Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, as well as ministries and sectors.
In the coming phase, cooperation between the two countries needs to move strongly from "increasing scale" to "improving quality"; from expanding trade to deeper connections among development strategies, economic corridors, production chains, supply chains, and strategic infrastructure. Vietnam hopes to work with China to accelerate projects connecting railways, expressways, and border trade infrastructure (logistics, smart border gates, etc.); boost more balanced, healthy, and sustainable trade development; and create conditions for Chinese investment in Vietnam to increasingly focus on areas of Vietnam’s priority and China’s strengths. Science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation should become the new focus of Vietnam-China relations.
Party leader To Lam said Vietnam consistently regards China’s stable and high-quality development as an important factor for peace, cooperation and development in the region, as well as an opportunity for neighbouring countries, including Vietnam. He expressed this belief that his visit to China will continue opening up a new space for development and to elevate strategic connectivity between the two countries in the time ahead.
