Hanoi, 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 is expected to create new development steps in Vietnam-China relations, said Nguyen Vinh Quang, Vice President of the Vietnam-China Friendship Association.

Speaking to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s reporter ahead the visit, Quang said that in history and in recent years, all visits by the highest leaders of China to Vietnam have been of important significance.

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