Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's upcoming China visit will deepen the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation, said the neighboring country's minister to China here on Friday.
Nguyen Vinh Quang said Dung would pay an official visit to China from Oct. 20 to 25 at the invitation of Premier Wen Jiabao. While here, he will attend the seventh Summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Beijing.
He will also meet with Chinese leaders and visit the southern Hainan Province.
It will be his first official visit to China since becoming prime minister in 2006.
The visit aims to deepen the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation, further promote the bilateral cooperation of economy and trade and push forward the settlement of the boundary demarcation work, according to Vietnamese Minister Counselor Dang Minh Khoi.
"The bilateral trade volume reached 15 billion U.S. dollars in 2007, and it might become 20 billion U.S. dollars in 2008. As a goal, the two sides are trying to lift it to 25 billion U.S. dollars in 2010."
During the visit, the two sides will sign a joint document to summarize its achievements, Quang said. Dung and Wen will also witness the signing ceremony of a series of cooperative documents, the detail of which is not known.
Source: Xinhua
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