Hanoi, April 13 -- Beijing (VNA) - The upcoming state visit to China by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam, his first overseas trip since assuming the presidency, underscores the leader's commitment to advancing a historic mission, sustaining traditional friendship, and deepening political trust between the two countries.

Yu Shuhui, a long-standing figure in China-Vietnam friendship circles and a former healthcare worker from China's Guangxi province, shared this view while speaking to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s correspondents in Beijing ahead of the visit.

Recalling her meeting with the Vietnamese leader in Guangzhou in August 2024 during his first state visit to ...