Xi mourns Vietnam Communist Party chief at embassy: Xinhua

BEIJING (Reuters) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Vietnamese Embassy on Saturday to mourn the death of Vietnam's Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.

Trong died on Friday after holding Vietnam's most powerful position for 13 years, overseeing fast economic growth, a years-long anti-graft crackdown and a pragmatic foreign policy.

Trong hosted both Xi and U.S. President Joe Biden in Hanoi last year, boosting relations with both countries despite increasing tensions between the U.S. and China.