Xi congratulates Vietnamese president on reelection

President Xi Jinping pledged on Monday to work with Vietnam's leaders to build the two countries into a community with a shared future after Nguyen Xuan Phuc was reelected as the Southeast Asian country's president and Pham Minh Chinh as its prime minister.

In his message congratulating Phuc on his reelection, Xi said that as socialist neighbors connected by mountains and rivers, China and Vietnam enjoy a profound traditional friendship and broad common interests.

Faced with unprecedented changes and a pandemic unseen in a century, the two countries have held fast to their shared ideals and convictions and have stayed true to their original aspiration for unity and friendship, Xi said.