The two-day State visit to Vietnam by Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping marks a milestone in the relations between the two countries.
The 15th Vietnam-China International Trade Fair will take place from November 12-17 in the northern border province of Lao Cai to promote cooperation and friendship between participating countries.
Nearly 100 domestic and Chinese businesses took part in a conference on
boosting exports in farm produce, seafood and timber products, which was
held in the northern province of Lao Cai on May 28.
Eighty-five domestic and Chinese businesses are expected to take part
in a conference on promoting exports of farm produce, seafood and timber
products which will be held in the northern province of Lao Cai on May
27 and 28.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (MARD) and China’s Ministry of Agriculture on May 20 signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further expand cooperation in
agriculture.
Ho Chi Minh City will exert every effort to foster its cooperation with
Chinese localities, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le
Hoang Quan at his meeting with visiting Chinese Minister of Public
Security Guo Shengkun on April 17.
Over 40 Chinese businesses operating in finance, labour, real estate and
construction made a fact-finding tour of Ho Chi Minh City on April 16
to seek business opportunities in the metropolis.
The Chinese county of
Jingxi in Guangxi province wants to further boost cooperation in trade,
agriculture, tourism and education with the northern mountainous
province of Cao Bang, particularly with its neighbouring districts
of Tra Linh, Trung Khanh and Ha Quang.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on June 18 hosted a reception for
visiting Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi who is in Hanoi for a
meeting between the Chairs of the Steering Committee for Bilateral
Cooperation between the two countries.
Agro and aquatic exports have experienced a slowdown in recent
times, suffering from a disparate array of difficulties such as
inadequate zoning, lack of production materials, insufficient investment
and low added value, radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported on June
9.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on May 27 started his six-day
official visit to China on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of their
diplomatic ties.
Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang on May 17 talked on the phone
with his Chinese counterpart Guo Sheng Kun over recent spontaneous
protests against China’s illegal placement of its Haiyang Shiyou 981
drilling rig in Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone.
Vietnamese small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) lack preparedness
to cope with cross-cutting issues posed by the Trans-Pacific Partnership
(TPP) and need changes in management and production methods to more
effectively compete after the pact comes into effect, radio The Voice of
Vietnam (VOV) said in a commentary on May 4.
The southern province of An
Giang is endowed with natural advantages to boost agricultural
development, focusing on cultivating rice, the locality’s key export, a
provincial official revealed to Chinese businesses at a conference in
Beijing on April 17.
Twelve Chinese businesses operating in construction, mechanics,
electronics, finance, and trade visited central Da Nang city on January 7
to seek investment and cooperation opportunities.
Ho Chi Minh City places
importance to cooperating and promoting ties with Chinese localities and
investors, Le Thanh Hai, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee,
has said.
The 2013 Vietnam-China International Trade Fair is slated to take
place in the northern border province of Lao Cai from November 13-18
under the theme “Cooperation-Friendship and Integration-Development”.
Politics
XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
