Vietnam will send a special envoy to China this week to try to rebuild battered diplomatic ties with its communist neighbor after they sank to their lowest in three decades, amid a flare-up over sovereignty in the South China Sea.
Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry on Monday said Le Hong Anh, a member of the Communist Party’s powerful politburo, had been invited to meet Chinese leaders to try to ease tension and stabilize ties with Beijing, with which it shares $50 billion of annual trade.
The visit, starting on Tuesday, is the first sign of a concerted effort to heal rifts between two sides locked in a war of words since May 2, when China deployed a $1-billion oil rig in waters Vietnam claims as its exclusive economic zone. China moved the rig on July 16, saying its mission was complete.
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Martin Petty, Reuters via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1p8Ztuf
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