Managing differences amid collaboration stressed

President Xi Jinping has called on China and Vietnam to advance pragmatic cooperation and effectively manage their problems and differences.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remark in Hanoi on Wednesday during a meeting with Vuong Dinh Hue, chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam.

Xi said that under the new circumstances, the two sides should keep perceiving China-Vietnam relations from a strategic and long-term perspective, and move forward steadfastly along the path of friendship and cooperation.