HANOI -- China and Vietnam can strengthen exchanges and mutual learning to help more women change their life and realize their personal values, said Peng Liyuan, spouse of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Peng said this on Tuesday while visiting the Vietnamese Women's Museum and having tea with Ngo Thi Man, spouse of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.

Accompanied by her, Peng toured a Vietnamese women's folk customs exhibition, listened to the introduction of Vietnamese women's marriage customs, and spoke highly of Vietnamese women's virtues of diligence, bravery and endurance.