Vietnam's Top Leader Set to Meet Xi During Trip to China.

Vietnam's top leader, To Lam, is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, marking his first overseas trip since assuming leadership. Lam, who is both the Communist Party General Secretary and Vietnam's president, will visit China from August 18 to August 20. This visit follows an "informal rule" that Vietnam's new leader first travels to Laos and Cambodia before China. The trip aims to reassure China of Vietnam's commitment to maintaining existing policies and agreements, while also signaling Vietnam's desire to work with China as an equal. Lam is also scheduled to attend the United Nations General Assembly in the US next month. [Extracted from the article]