Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with China’s President Xi Jinping on August 31 as part of the PM’s working trip to Tianjin to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025.
Chinese President Xi underlined the promotion of infrastructure connectivity, especially railways, and agreed to the early convening of the joint railway committee and accelerate steady progress on the Lao Cai – Ha Noi – Hai Phong railway feasibility study. He stressed the need to actively explore cooperation in mobilizing and securing funding, providing railway workforce training, and accelerate the development of smart border gates and the cross-border economic cooperation zone.
During their talks, PM Chinh proposed closer and more comprehensive energy cooperation, including clean energy and power trading, with increased capacity and output of Chinese electricity exports to Vietnam, early signing of a memorandum of understanding on Vietnam – China power connectivity and electricity exchanges at 500kV level.
Calling for practical joint work in science, technology, innovation and digital transformation, PM Chinh sought China’s support in technology transfer, institution and infrastructure building, and human resource training in artificial intelligence (AI), semi-conductors, quantum technology and low-orbit satellites. He welcomed scholarships from Tsinghua University for Vietnamese doctoral students in AI.
The two sides also had candid discussions on maritime issues and agreed to seriously implement better control and settlement of differences, and to build and mainten an environment of peace, cooperation and development in the region.
Source: Vietnam Law & Legal Forum Magazine, Sept 1, 2025. https://vietnamlawmagazine.vn/prime-minister-meets-with…
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