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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Singapore on November 12, starting his first official visit to the Southeast Asian country.

Singapore and China are jointly exploring potential for further cooperation with recent moves to deepen economic and trade relations.

Legislators will vote on a resolution ratifying the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and relevant documents on November 12, as part of the ongoing sixth session of the 14th National Assembly.

Vietnam and China held the 10th round of talks of the working group on the sea area off the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and the 7th one of the working group on cooperation for common development at sea in Ningbo city, China’s Zhejiang province, on November 6 – 7.

The recent activity of China putting into use observatories, that were built on structures it illegally constructed and renovated in the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, seriously violates Vietnam’s sovereignty over the islands, said spokesperson for the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.

Permanent deputy head the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Economic Commission Cao Duc Phat had a working session in Hanoi on November 7 with a delegation from the Development Research Centre of the State Council of China, led by its Deputy Director Ma Jiantang.

Vietnamese contestants will compete on November 10 night at Hanoi-based Au Co Arts Centre for the final of the 18th Vietnam-China friendship singing contest.

Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Uong Chu Luu received the Chairman of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, Li Fei, in Hanoi on November 5.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has welcomed Shanghai firms to do long-term business in Vietnam, especially in the high-tech supporting industry and logistics.

A conference was jointly held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Vietnamese Consulate General in Shanghai on November 5 to foster connectivity between Vietnamese and Chinese enterprises.

The comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China has developed finely and reaped many encouraging achievements, with joint efforts of the two parties, governments and peoples, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

China ranks seventh out of 129 nations and territories investing in Vietnam. As of October 20, Chinese investors poured 12.96 billion USD in 2,072 projects in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Government always welcomes Chinese firms to land investments in the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed.

Vietnam always attaches importance to developing the friendly, stable, healthy and sustainable relationship with China, considering this one of the top priorities in the country’s foreign policy, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.