Chinese premier arrives in Vietnam for official visit

Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Hanoi on Saturday for an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

Li was greeted by Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son at the airport.

Noting the steady development of China-Vietnam relations, Li said China is ready to work with Vietnam to deepen the building of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future and achieve solid progress, so as to bring more benefits to the people of both countries.

Vietnam is the second stop of Li's ongoing Asia tour. Prior to this, he visited Laos, where he attended a series of leaders' meetings on East Asia cooperation and paid an official visit to the country.

Chinese premier arrives in Vietnam for official visit

China on Tuesday sent the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite into space.

Launched at 22:16 (Beijing Time) aboard a modified version of the Long March-6 rocket, the satellite has entered planned orbit, according to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.

It will be used for national land surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation.

The launch was the 624th flight mission undertaken by the Long March rocket series and marked China's first successful orbital launch of 2026.

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