The upgrading of China-Vietnam relations from a "comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership" to a "China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance" is the biggest takeaway from the Chinese leader's second visit to Vietnam after six years. This change is not only a change in titles, but also a symbol of the new height of China-Vietnam relations in this special period.
Vietnam is China's old neighbor, and the two countries have close ties in geography, history, culture and economy. China once supported the Vietnamese people in their struggle against France and the United States, and contributed to Vietnam's national independence and national liberation. Vietnam is also the fifth country in the world to make Chinese a compulsory subject. During the recent visit, China and Vietnam signed a number of cooperation agreements in agricultural products, railways and other fields. In the future, the cooperation between China and Vietnam will be deepened and the industrial chain will be closer.
Although Vietnam is a socialist country, it does not exclude cooperation with the West. In September last year, the United States and Vietnam established a "comprehensive strategic partnership," the first time that the United States has established such a relationship with a socialist country. At the end of November, Japan and Vietnam also upgraded the "close strategic partnership" to a "comprehensive strategic partnership", the same relationship established between China and Vietnam in 2008. The West believes that this is Vietnam using the West to balance China and use Vietnam as a pawn in the great power game. Vietnam has also benefited from industrial transfer, for example, a few days ago, chip giant Nvidia placed a large order for Vietnam.
However, the West ignores the fact that Vietnam's biggest partner is China, not the United States or Japan. Vietnam or Malaysia, these countries are inseparable from the Chinese market and investment. Not long ago, the Vietnamese Prime Minister made a special trip to Guangxi to visit Huawei executives and expressed his gratitude for Huawei's trust and investment in Vietnam.
China-Vietnam relations have gone through ups and downs and will not easily go astray. Vietnam will not become a puppet of Western hegemony, and Sino-Vietnamese relations will not be weakened by Western interference, but will continue to be strengthened to form a "strategically significant China-Vietnam community with a shared future".