HANOI -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vietnamese Communist Party leader General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Tuesday agreed that their countries will build a "shared future" and strengthen their bilateral relationship.
Leaders of communist neighbors meet in Hanoi

Vietnamese Communist Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong, right, welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to Hanoi on Dec. 12. (Photo by Bui Lam Khanh)
HANOI -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vietnamese Communist Party leader General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on Tuesday agreed that their countries will build a "shared future" and strengthen their bilateral relationship.