By Riyaz ul Khaliq
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping will pay a two-day state visit to Vietnam next week, Beijing said Thursday.
Xi will visit Vietnam on Dec. 12-13, said China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said.
The visit comes at the invitation of Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong and Communist Party of Vietnam’s Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong.