China’s Xi is making the case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia this week, presenting China as a source of “stability and certainty.”
On Monday, he was welcomed to Hanoi with pomp and ceremony by Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong. He paid respects to Ho Chi Minh, the founder of the Vietnamese Communist Party, visiting his mausoleum on Tuesday ahead of heading to Malaysia for a three-day visit before ending his tour in Cambodia.
In Hanoi, Xi met with Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary To Lam, his counterpart. Where he said the two countries “have brought the world valuable stability and certainty” in a “turbulent world.”