Looking back on the Viet Nam - China cooperation relations since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

Abstract

The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (in 2012) has opened a new era - the era of Xi Jinping. The new leadership of China has set the goal of actualizing the “Chinese Dream” and the “Great Revival of the Chinese nation”, leading to a
series of strategic adjustments in foreign and economic policies. Viet Nam is a neighbor to the south of China, sharing both land border and sea border, so Viet Nam might be affected by these adjustments. This article will review the results of the cooperation relations between Viet Nam and China in the past 10 years, thereby suggesting a number of matters that need promoting for the stable development in the two countries' relations in the time to come.