Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chinese Premier Li Qiang held "frank” talks about controlling disagreements in the contested waters of the South China Sea during Li’s visit to Hanoi.

Vietnam and China agreed to calm tensions in their South China Sea dispute, Vietnamese state media reported on Sunday, days after Hanoi accused Beijing of a “brutal” attack on its fishermen

China has agreed to assist Vietnam on cross-border railway development and take steps to expand agricultural imports from its smaller neighbor.