Beijing, Sept. 1 -- Professor Dr. Pan Jin'e, a member of the Academy of Marxism under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a Vietnam expert has praised the prospects for the development of Vietnam - China relations. In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s resident correspondents in Beijing, Pan recalled General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping's statement that the ties have gone beyond the traditional scope of bilateral relations to form a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance. She stressed the four correlations in the Vietnam - China friendship, namely connected mountains and rivers, cultural affinity, shared ideals, and int...