Vietnam's Communist Party chief will be in China starting Thursday (Jan. 12) for a four-day official visit that is seen to ease the tension between the two countries over the conflicting claims in the South China Sea and chart the two's foreign policy direction. Nguyễn Phú Trọng, secretary general of Vietnam's Communist Party, is scheduled to go on an official trip to Beijing on January 12 to 15 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to senior foreign ministry officials in interviews with local reporters last week.
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