This combo photo shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong. (PHOTOS / XINHUA AND AFP)

BEIJING - General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping on Sunday sent a message to Nguyen Phu Trong, congratulating him on election as the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee.

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