Xi: People key to Beijing-Hanoi bond

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President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that the time-tested China-Vietnam relations are rooted in the people, upheld by the people and strengthened with the support of the people, and he called on the two countries to converge the small creeks of friendly people-to-people interactions into a mighty river of China-Vietnam friendship.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting with representatives who attended the Chinese and Vietnamese People's Friendship Meeting in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong also attended the event.

In a speech delivered at the meeting, Xi said that people are the creators of history, and it is the endorsement and the support of the two peoples that have provided a solid foundation for building a China-Vietnam community with a shared future.