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CHINESE President Xi Jinping began a state visit to Vietnam yesterday that was hailed as a “new step forward” in bilateral relations.
Mr Xi flew from the Vietnamese city of Da Nang, where he attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit, to the capital Hanoi.
He was welcomed by Vietnamese Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
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