Vietnam's cultural ties with China

Chinese novels are popular in Vietnam. A bookstore in Hanoi has Chinese classical novels on its shelves, such as "Journey to the West", "A Dream in of Red Mansions", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". [Photo by Wang Jian/China Daily]

Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's Communist Party chief, poses with actor Liu Xiao Ling Tong, who plays the role of Sun Wukong in the Chinese TV drama "Journey to the West". Nguyen Phu Trong is a great fan of the drama. [Photo from Vietnamese media]

The Vietnamese version of "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" was released in Vietnam on Wednesday. [Photo by Zhao Yanrong/China Daily]