Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam and Chongqing city of China agreed on August 30 to set up friendship-city relations in an effort to expand bilateral cooperation in various fields.
Thanks to cultural and cuisine similarities and geographical proximity, China has been a key market of Vietnamese farm produce for many years, but enterprises need to take a new approach in the market today, said an official.
The formation of a “harmonious friendship and twin relationship” between the Border Post of Lao Cai International Border Gate and its Chinese peers in September 25, 2013 marked a milestone in border guard diplomacy along the Vietnam-China shared border.
Medical officers of Vietnam and China are joining a medical examination for people in border areas of the two countries, as part of the fifth Vietnam-China border defence friendship exchange programme.
Some 300 business leaders from China are meeting their Thai counterparts at the Thailand-China Business Forum 2018 held on the sidelines of the 6th meeting of the Joint Committee on Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation between the two countries in Bangkok from August 23-24.
Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, on August 22 asked China’s Shaanxi province to enhance cooperation with Vietnamese localities and improve the efficiency of collaboration in economy, trade, tourism, and culture.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping has affirmed that the Chinese Party, Government, and people attach great importance to and are willing to work, together with their Vietnamese counterparts, to continuously consolidate and develop relations between the two Parties and countries.
China and Malaysia have reached a number of agreements which aim to bolster the bilateral ties during Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s visit to Beihing.
The Australian Government has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China to negotiate a Code of Conduct (COC) in the East Sea without prejudice to the rights and interests of third-party states in the strategic waters.
Vietnam’s agricultural and aquatic exports to China are likely to face higher quality requirements and stronger competition from other ASEAN exporters although China’s demand for these goods is still on the rise, heard a meeting on August 18.
The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Da Nang University on August 18 co-organised an exchange programme for Vietnamese and Chinese young people.
Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Vu Thi Dung on August 17 hosted a reception for Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) Fu Zhenbang.
The Party and State attach importance to the maintenance and development of stable friendship and cooperation with neighbouring countries, making this a top priority in Vietnam's foreign policy, said Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung.