The ambassador notes that as this year also marks the 65th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and Vietnam, President’s Xi’s visit will help to further enhance mutual trust.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled the plan to provide additional used ships during a meeting with Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Tokyo in September.
It could end up as a vain attempt unless the Chinese President in his long term “strategic vision of future course of China-Vietnam relations’ offers a few substantial concessions on the South China Sea disputes with Vietnam. There will also be talks of fraternal socialist ties and party-party relations”, said Abuza, referring to Xi’s upcoming visit.
Hien made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua and other Chinese media on the upcoming visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
China’s military released photos late Sunday that show fighter jets flying over the sea near Vietnamese waters.
Jia Duqiang, an expert on Southeast Asian studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Xi is visiting Vietnam and Singapore partially because of the significant roles and influence that they have within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
It is now learnt that the US President would visit Vietnam early next year, presumably after the new Vietnamese leadership is installed.
HANOI, November 2 (Xinhua) – Vietnam, China party chiefs’ visits to each country are expected to bring about comprehensive and strategic orientations to bilateral relations, Vu Van Hien, deputy head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Theory Council, has said.
For Hanoi, the visit could be viewed as a strong symbol that despite advances in relations with Washington, it still maintains an independent foreign policy and strives to strike a balance in its engagement with the world’s two superpowers.
The Japanese government gifted Vietnam with two used ships Tuesday, continuing an effort to help the Southeast Asian nation beef up its maritime security amid heightened tensions with China. If in 1972, the United States could “reset” relations with China, there are more cogent strategic imperatives for the United States to “reset” relations with Vietnam and transform it into a full-fledged strategic partnership.
The intention of the visit is to “secure cross-strait peace” but no agreement will be signed and there will be no joint statement, he said.
China is Vietnam’s largest trade partner, with bilateral trade reaching $83.6 billion a year ago – of which Chinese exports to Vietnam comprised more than $50 billion.
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Nevertheless, given the frequent high-level contacts, as well as deep historical and political ties between the two countries, MERICS analyst Rudolf believes an escalation of the dispute seems unlikely at this point.
