Xi eyes new advances of shared goals with Hanoi

President Xi Jinping has called on China and Vietnam to intensify their efforts on all fronts to build a community with a shared future, and to make greater contributions to peace, stability, development and prosperity in Asia and the world at large.

Xi made the remarks in a signed article titled "Building on past achievements and making new advances in pursuit of shared goals", which was published on Monday in Nhan Dan Newspaper of Vietnam, as he began his state visit to the Southeast Asian country.

Xi highlighted the need for the two countries to jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system, stable global industrial and supply chains, and an open and cooperative international environment, saying: "Trade war and tariff war will produce no winner, and protectionism will lead nowhere."