Vietnamese and Chinese businesses signed four contracts worth 485 billion VND (over 21 million USD) at a seminar on trade promotion in northern Quang Ninh province on December 16.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria is seeking ways to handle a recent strike staged by 19 Vietnamese working for a Chinese contractor at the Rouiba construction site.
The work of clearing mines in the shared border areas is a regular and necessary mission of Vietnam and China, said Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang.
The recent inclusion of the Chinese yuan (CNY) to the reserve currency basket of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will not have any significant impacts on Vietnam’s economy, experts said.
The enhancement of the friendly and pragmatic cooperation between Vietnamese and Chinese localities will tangibly contribute to boosting the traditional relations between the two Parties and States.
Ho Chi Minh City hopes to strengthen tourism cooperation with Gan Su province and other Chinese localities, said Vo Van Thuong, Vice Standing Secretary of the Municipal Party’s Committee.
Cooperation in the UN peacekeeping has become a significant part in the collaborative ties between Vietnam and China’s national defence ministries and armies, heard a workshop in Hanoi on December 1.
The President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) welcomed the parliament’s ratification of free trade agreements (FTAs) with Vietnam, China and New Zealand on November 30.
Vietnamese and Chinese defence officials discussed professional knowledge about and China’s experience in joining United Nations peacekeeping missions at talks in Hanoi on November 30.
China’s Yunnan Province Control and Quarantine Bureau has promoted exports to Vietnam, as foreign trade has experienced a decline recently, according to the China News.
Vietnam strongly objects to the use of or threat to use force against its boats and vessels, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said on November 27.
The Philippines rejected China’s arguments on historic sovereignty over the East Sea during the 1st round of hearings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands on Nov 24.