Chinese president Xi Jinping (centre) and Vietnam Communist Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong (right) wave during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday. Xi and Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party, reviewed an honour guard and headed for talks behind closed doors. 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: Bangkok Post November 12, 2017 11:37 UTC