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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater cooperation with Vietnam as part of Beijing’s efforts to cultivate closer ties with the country’s reshuffled leadership. In a phone call on Monday with Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc – who was selected for the post by the national assembly last month – Xi said that both sides should expand trade and promote high-level infrastructure connectivity through the Belt and Road Initiative, according to China’s foreign ministry. He also said China was willing to offer Vietnam help in fighting Covid-19, but the statement did not refer to the tensions caused by their...
