International relationsXi Jinping to visit Vietnam with rail project talks expected
Chinese and Vietnamese communist parties to discuss rare earths, 'common destiny': sources
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Source photos by Reuters and AP)
LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writer
December 7, 2023 18:28 JST
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam next week, Beijing confirmed on Thursday, making a rare trip abroad that sources say will cover a rail project while conveying a message of "common destiny" between the Asian neighbors.