HANOI - China and Vietnam need to "deepen cooperation and foster new prospects for our interconnected interests," Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday in a signed article published prior to his scheduled trip to Vietnam.

The Chinese leader called on the two sides to enhance the complementarity of their development strategies and work for substantive progress in bilateral cooperation in key areas such as infrastructure, trade, industrial capacity, cross-border economic cooperation zones and agriculture.

Xi will pay a state visit to Vietnam and also attend the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting scheduled for Nov 10-11 in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang.