Chinese president to attend APEC summit, visit Vietnam, Laos

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Vietnam and Laos from Nov 10 to 14, China's Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.

Xi will attend the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Nov 10-11, at the invitation of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said.

Xi will pay state visits to Vietnam and Laos from Nov 12 to 14, at the invitation of Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, and Bounnhang Vorachit, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and president of Laos.