Xi, Trong call trip boost to both

Leaders visit key sites to note shared philosophies and long-standing ties

General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the residence of Vietnam's late revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of Vietnam on Monday - a special arrangement made by the Vietnamese side for Xi's state visit to the Southeast Asian neighbor.

Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, talked with Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, at the headquarters of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Hanoi, the nation's capital.