BEIJING : Are They Friends Again?
Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Do Muoi and Premier Vo Van Kiet arrive in Beijing today on a five-day visit aimed at formal normalization of ties.
China had close relations with Vietnam’s Communists from 1949 until the late 1970s, when Hanoi sent troops into Cambodia and Beijing responded by launching a brief border war. Throughout the 1980s, the two sides backed opposing factions in Cambodia.
Sino-Viet relations have improved in recent years.
Do Muoi was quoted on Vietnam’s state-run radio as saying that normalizing ties “will not only be in the interests of the two peoples, but also will be conducive to peace, stability and development in the region.”
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