General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam and State President Luong Cuong hosted a grand banquet in Hanoi on April 14 evening in honour of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China Xi Jinping, who is leading a high-ranking Chinese delegation on a state visit to Vietnam from April 14-15.

Efforts are being ramped up to fast-track three railway projects linking Vietnam and China, with the aim of making them symbolic project in bilateral cooperation, according to the Ministry of Construction.