According to China’s Global Times, neighbouring countries are China's priority in its diplomacy, and China always gives Vietnam a high priority in its neighbourhood diplomacy. Likewise, Vietnam has always regarded the development of relations with China as a consistent stand and a top priority in its foreign policy

Choosing Vietnam as the destination for his first overseas trip in the year underscores the importance China places on its relationship with the neighbouring country, said Professor Pan Jin’e, a senior fellow at the Academy of Marxism under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s correspondents in Beijing.

That General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam chose China as his inaugural foreign visit as Vietnam’s top leader demonstrates the strategic essence of the Vietnam – China relations, Xinhua News Agency highlighted in its latest commentary posted on August 21.