Vietnam – China: Close neighbors, special friendship

China was the first country in the world to establish diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam), marking an important historical milestone in the long-standing relationship between the two countries.

Over the past 75 years, the Vietnam-China relationship has continuously expanded and deepened in all areas, contributing to maintaining the trend of stable development of traditional friendship, comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and the increasingly developing "Vietnam-China community of shared future of strategic significance".

On the afternoon of October 31, 2022, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping presided over the official welcoming ceremony for General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Photo: Tri Dung - VNA).

General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and his wife presided over the welcoming ceremony for General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife on a state visit to China from August 18 to 20, 2024 (Photo: Tri Dung - VNA).

On the afternoon of October 25, 2024, at the Presidential Palace, President Luong Cuong received Senior Lieutenant General Truong Huu Hiep, Politburo member and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China (Photo: Lam Khanh - VNA).

The Vietnam-China Friendship Palace, inaugurated in November 2017, is a special project of important political and diplomatic significance given to Vietnam by the Party, State, Government and People of China. This is a venue for political events, foreign affairs, and cultural and artistic exchanges between the two countries; and is also a destination for Vietnamese and Chinese audiences who want to learn about the countries, people and cultures of the two countries (October 14, 2024) (Photo: Tuan Anh - VNA).

Producing garments for export at Tinh Loi Garment Company Limited, invested by Hong Kong (China), in Lai Vu Industrial Park (Hai Duong) (Photo: Danh Lam - VNA).

Nearly 100 businesses participated in the Conference on Trade Promotion, Investment and Trade Connection between Vietnamese and Chinese Enterprises organized by the Trade Promotion Agency (Ministry of Industry and Trade) in coordination with the Sichuan Trade Promotion Committee (China) (April 5, 2024) (Photo: Tran Viet - VNA).

Tan Thanh Border Guard Station, Lang Son Provincial Border Guard (Vietnam) and Po Chai Immigration Border Control Station (China) coordinated to organize propaganda and dissemination of laws for people of the two countries crossing the border gate on the occasion of Vietnam Law Day (November 7, 2024).

From April 11 to 13, 2023, the first joint patrol between the Vietnam Coast Guard and the China Coast Guard in 2023 took place in the waters near the demarcation line of the Gulf of Tonkin (TTXVN).

Economic and trade relations continue to be an important pillar in the bilateral cooperation relationship. In the photo: On February 21, 2024, at Song Than Station, Di An City (Binh Duong), Vietnam Railways Corporation held a ceremony to launch the first international train of the year of the Dragon 2024, transporting agricultural exports from Song Than to Zhengzhou (Henan, China) (Photo: Huyen Trang - VNA).

Bilateral patrol of the Vietnam-China border at the A Pa Chai (Vietnam) and Long Phu (China) openings between the Dien Bien Provincial Border Guard and the Mong Tu Regional Border Guard (2024).

General Secretary and President To Lam and General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping witnessed the signing ceremony of the Professional Cooperation Agreement between Vietnam News Agency and Xinhua News Agency (right) and the Memorandum of Understanding on promoting development cooperation projects in the social and people's livelihood fields between Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment and China's National Administration for International Development Cooperation (left) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing (August 19, 2024) (Photo: Tri Dung - VNA).

President Luong Cuong with General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping at the 31st APEC Summit in Lima (Peru, November 16, 2024) (Photo: VNA).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Premier Li Qiang experience making Vietnamese Dong Ho folk paintings (Hanoi, October 13, 2024) (Photo: Duong Giang-VNA).

On the morning of October 13, 2024, at the National Assembly House, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang on an official visit to Vietnam (Photo: Doan Tan - VNA).

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