On October 28, 2010, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with his ROK counterpart Kim Sung-hwan in Hanoi.

The two foreign ministers spoke highly of relations between the two countries and agreed to continue exchanges of high-level visits, expand economic and trade cooperation, promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and constantly improve the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership.

The two sides also agreed to continue close contacts and coordination within the G20 framework and jointly push for positive outcomes at the upcoming Seoul summit.

The two ministers exchanged views on the situation on the Korean Peninsula and agreed that parties concerned should make active efforts to ease the tensions on the peninsula and restart the six-party talks.