The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on November 5 signed an agreement to secure a five-year loan worth 200 million USD from the China Development Bank (CDB).
ASEAN leaders and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met in Hanoi on October
29 to review and set out future directions of the ASEAN-China dialogue
relations and to exchange views on regional and international issues of
common interest.