HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam gave Chinese President Xi Jinping the red carpet treatment Sunday at the start of a state visit, as the two communist neighbours try to broaden their economic ties and work on resolving territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Xi and U.S. President Donald Trump, among others, just finished an Asia-Pacific economic summit in the Vietnamese coastal city of Danang. Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang said that his country wants to end disputes in the South China Sea through peaceful means. Trump had offered during a meeting earlier Sunday with Quang to serve as a mediator on the South China Sea disputes. The two communist neighbours have in recent months experienced spats over the South China Sea.

Source: National Post November 12, 2017 09:56 UTC