Beijing, April 7 (AseanAll)  — On April 7, 2026, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to To Lam on his election as President of Viet Nam.

Xi Jinping stated that China and Viet Nam are a community with a shared future that carries strategic significance. In recent years, under the joint guidance and promotion of the leaders of the two parties and the two countries, China-Viet Nam relations have achieved leapfrog development, and the comprehensive strategic cooperation has yielded fruitful results, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both countries. Since the beginning of this year, the two sides have maintained high-level strategic communication and continuously advanced all-round mutually beneficial cooperation, fully demonstrating the profound friendship of “comrades plus brothers”.

Xi Jinping stressed that, in the face of accelerating changes unseen in a century, stronger unity and coordination between China and Viet Nam serve the common interests of both parties and countries. Xi Jinping said that he attaches great importance to the development of relations between the two parties and the two countries, and stands ready to work with General Secretary and President To Lam to advance development and national rejuvenation, promote steady progress in the building of a China-Viet Nam community with a shared future, continuously strengthen respective socialist causes, and better benefit the two peoples, so as to inject greater stability and positive energy into the region and the wider world.

Also on April 7, Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang sent a congratulatory message to Le Minh Hung on his election as Prime Minister of Viet Nam. 

Li Qiang stated that he stands ready to work with Le Minh Hung to take the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and countries as the fundamental guidance, accelerate the building of a mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation framework, and make positive contributions to advancing the China-Viet Nam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.