General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong in Hanoi on Dec 13, 2023. (FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY)

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and his wife Peng Liyuan (back row, left) attends a welcome ceremony held by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on Dec 12, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Chinese President Xi Jinping (front row, left) meets with Vuong Dinh Hue, chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, in Hanoi on Dec 13, 2023. (FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY)

Chinese President Xi Jinping (second right), when meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, is shown a mini exhibition on bilateral ties in Hanoi on Dec 13, 2023. (WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY)

Peng Liyuan (front row, right), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, visits the Vietnamese Women’s Museum with Ngo Thi Man, wife of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, in Hanoi on Dec 12, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

Peng Liyuan (left), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanied by Phan Thi Thanh Tam, wife of Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, visits Vietnam National University in Hanoi on Dec 13, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) bids farewell to Vuong Dinh Hue, chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, who came to the airport to see Xi off in Hanoi on Wednesday, as Xi ends his state visit to Vietnam and heads back to China. (WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY)