CHINA / Vietnam
Timeline of Sino-Vietnamese relations
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-11-17 05:49
January 18, 1950: China and Viet Nam established diplomatic ties and the
Chinese Government and people rendered full support to the country's
long-term revolutionary struggle against France and the United States.
In late 1970s: Relations deteriorated.
November 1991: The two countries agreed to put the past behind them and
look to the future as party and state relations were normalized.
February 1999: The general secretaries of the two parties set
"long-standing stability, facing the future, neighbourliness and
friendship, all-round co-operation" as the framework guiding bilateral
ties in the new century.
December 30, 1999: The two countries officially signed the treaty on the
land boundary in Hanoi.
July 6, 2000: The two sides exchanged the treaty's instruments of
ratification in Beijing, and the Treaty on the Land Boundary officially
came into force.
December 25-29, 2000: Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong visited China
and the two countries issue the Joint Statement on all-round co-operation
in the new century, drawing up a concrete programme for the development
of friendly relations and co-operation.
In Beijing the two countries officially signed the Agreement on the
Demarcation of the Beibu Gulf Territorial Waters, Exclusive Economic
Zones and Continental Shelf, and Agreement on Fishing Cooperation in the
Beibu Gulf.
Feb 17-Mar 1, 2002: President Jiang Zemin paid an official goodwill visit
to Viet Nam and had an in-depth exchange of views with his Vietnamese
counterpart.
April 7-11, 2003: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the
Vietnamese Communist Party Nong Dac Manh paid a working visit to China.
July 18-22, 2005: Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong paid a state visit
to China and the two countries issued a joint statement, agreeing to work
together to promote joint exploration in the South China Sea.
October 31-November 2, 2005: President Hu Jintao paid an official
goodwill visit to Viet Nam and the two countries signed a joint
statement, making the pledge to reach the goal of bilateral trade volume
at US$10 billion by 2010. The two countries also agreed to take further
steps to settle disputed borders to ensure that the demarcation and
planting of markers on the entire common borderline, and signing of a new
document to manage the borderline, will be completed by 2008.
August 22-26, 2006: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the
Vietnamese Communist Party Nong Dac Manh paid an official goodwill visit
to China and the two countries signed a joint communiqu, vowing to
accelerate oil and gas exploration in border waters of the Beibu Gulf.
November 15-17, 2006: President Hu Jintao pays a state visit to Viet Nam.
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