Vietnam and China have issued a joint statement on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries and building a Vietnam-China community with a shared future on the occasion of state visit to China by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam from August 18-20.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China Xi Jinping and his spouse chaired a grand welcome ceremony for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of Vietnam To Lam and his spouse in Beijing on August 19 morning.