Beijing, April 14 -- The state visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping from April 14-15 once again demonstrates China's strong commitment to promoting the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future, as well as their valuable traditional friendship described as "both comrades and brothers", said Shi Zhongjun, Secretary General of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC).

Speaking to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s resident correspondent in Beijing ahead the visit, Shi said that China and Vietnam are good neighbours, good friends, good comrades, and good partners. The two countries share geographic proximity with mountains and rivers connected. In...