Hanoi, April 14 -- Vietnam and China are two close neighbours, connected by mountains and rivers, and the people of the two countries have shared many similarities in culture and customs, and together cultivated a long-standing traditional friendship that has lasted for thousands of years, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam has written in an article. The following is a translation of the article which was published on the People's Daily of China. JOINING HANDS TO OPEN A NEW ERA OF DEVELOPMENT OF VIETNAM-CHINA FRIENDSHIP To Lam, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam At the invitation of mine and President Luong Cuong of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam...