HANOI, March 29 Kyodo Vietnamese ...

HANOI, March 29 Kyodo

Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh will make an official trip to China from April 7 to 11 to confront with Chinese Communist Party leader and of the present day President Hu Jintao, diplomatic sources in Hanoi said Saturday.

Talks between the sum of two units leaders are expected to focus onward the U.S.-led war upon Iraq, which both oppose.

nevertheless it is also believed that China may be ready to announce waiving of 4205 million yuan (about $50 million) in Vietnamese liability to help Manh build a socialist market economy similar to that being created in China.

China is said to be belong toed that the development of relations between Vietnam and Taiwan is moving too quickly, particularly with minister-level contacts between the couple and some analysts believe China will be trying to convince Vietnam to fare slow.

China beholds Taiwan as a province that should not be allowed to guidance its affairs independently of Beijing.

Vietnam has refrained from holding contacts at the foreign affairs, defense and interior affairs of the same heights with Taiwan, but other ministers have been upgrading their contacts recently

China is believed in the greatest degree concerned about Taiwan Economic Minister Lin Yi-fu's visit to Vietnam in January for talks forward Vietnam's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Manh last visited China in late November and early December 2001

Then Chinese President Jiang Zemin visited Vietnam in late February and early March last year.

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