On August 20, 2024, Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong met with Vietnamese Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu, who accompanied General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam on his visit to China.

Chen Xiaodong stated that on Monday, General Secretary and President Xi Jinping held talks with General Secretary and President To Lam, putting forward important strategic guidance for the development of China-Viet Nam relations in the next stage. China is ready to work with Viet Nam to deliver on the important common understandings reached between the leaders of the two countries.

Nguyen Minh Vu highly valued the achievements of To Lam's visit and said that Viet Nam attaches great importance to developing relations with China and is willing to work with the Chinese side to deliver on the important common understandings reached between the leaders of the two countries and promote the building of a China-Viet Nam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.

The two sides also had an exchange of views on issues of mutual interest and concern.