Beijing, April 14 -- The state visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping is expected to open a new chapter in the China-Vietnam relationship and chart the course for its future development, a Chinese scholar has said. Choosing Vietnam as the destination for his first overseas trip in the year underscores the importance China places on its relationship with the neighbouring country, said Professor Pan Jin'e, a senior fellow at the Academy of Marxism under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s correspondents in Beijing. According to Pan, this marks Xi's fourth official visit to Vietnam as China's top leader,...