In a continuation of his official visit to China, Vietnam’s top leader To Lam, who holds both the positions of President of Vietnam and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, has arrived in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region following a cross-country high-speed train trip.
To Lam departed from Beijing on Thursday, according to official updates from China Daily. The journey spanned approximately 2,400 kilometers and took nearly 10 hours before the train pulled into Nanning East Railway Station, the main high-speed rail hub serving Guangxi’s capital city Nanning. A photo from China Daily photojournalist Zou Hong documents the arrival.
This leg of To Lam’s trip comes after earlier engagements in Beijing, and Guangxi holds unique strategic importance for China-Vietnam relations as a major border province that shares a long land and maritime boundary with Vietnam. The high-speed rail journey itself also highlights the connected transportation infrastructure that supports growing people-to-people and economic ties between the two neighboring countries.