The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations and the Chinese Consulate General in the city held a banquet on January 16 to celebrate the 69th founding anniversary of Vietnam-China diplomatic ties (January 18, 1950).
Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi highlighted Vietnam’s achievements and the progress of bilateral ties during a New Year meeting with Chinese media in Beijing on January 7.
China remains optimistic that the shelved East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project in Malaysia will be revived, and is hoping for a win-win solution that will benefit both nations, The Star newspaper quoted Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Bai Tian as saying.
Passengers on an international railway connecting the capital city of Hanoi and Nanning city in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has hit a record high of over 40,000 over the past ten years.
A trade war waged by the US is likely to deliver a further blow to China’s economy in 2019, but the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may benefit from the dispute between the world’s two biggest economies, according to Japan’s Kyodo News.
A photo exhibition showcasing the charm of nature, people and people in Vietnam and China opened in Hanoi on December 26 in celebration of the 10th establishment anniversary of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two nations.
Police in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau have arrested 22 Chinese nationals for alleged online gambling and the manufacturing of fake credit cards, police said on December 20.
Vietnam relies heavily on imported machinery and equipment from China, and experts are worried the country might become a landfill of outdated technologies, urging measures to tighten the import of second-hand machinery and equipment.
A Vietnam-China trade promotion forum was held in Hanoi on December 20 to seek ways to further boost economic cooperation, trade and investment between the two countries in the future.
Youths from the northernmost province of Ha Giang and Wenshan prefecture in China’s Yunnan province met for talks in Ha Giang on December 18 to foster ties between the two areas.
The 77th Mekong River joint patrol by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand began on December 18 from Guan Lei port, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan province.
Foreign ministers from six Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) countries have highlighted the importance of an open world economy and the maintenance of a rules-based multilateral trade system with the World Trade Organisation at its core.
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