Two more Vietnamese victims were confirmed dead in a car crash in Jingxi city in Guangxi province of China on May 19, bringing the total number of Vietnamese victims to 13, including 11 fatalities and two injured, reported the Vietnamese Consulate General in Nanning.
Close to 200 trucks carrying goods were cleared to cross the border on January 10, after China’s Guangxi province officially resumed customs clearance at border gates and border crossings in its Dongxing city bordering Mong Cai city of Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that on January 10 morning, China’s Guangxi province officially resumed customs clearance at border gates and border crossings in its Dongxing city bordering Mong Cai city of Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province, including bridges Bac Luan 1 and Bac Luan 2, and pontoon bridge Km 3+4.
Officials from Mong Cai city in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh and Dongxing city in China's Guangxi province discussed measures to promote trade cooperation between the two localities during talks on June 11.
Officials from Vietnam’s northern border province of Cao Bang and Baise city of China’s Guangxi province had talks on August 26 to discuss cooperation in border gates’ activities.
Authorities in China’s Guangxi province have decided to extend the closure of border gates and continue to suspend the trading of goods by individuals until the end of February, according to the Consulate General of Vietnam in Guangxi province.
Auxiliary border gates between the northern province of Lang Son and China’s Guangxi province will be reopened on February 10 to facilitate border trade between the two neighbours.
Representatives from Ha Long and Mong Cai cities of Quang Ninh province and three cities of Chinese Guangxi province – Dongxing, Guilin and Manzhouli, gathered at a conference on December 2 to discuss cooperation measures to connect tourism routes through the localities.
Vietnam’s northeastern Quang Ninh province and China’s Guangxi province officially launched customs clearance through Bac Luan II bridge at Mong Cai International Border Gate on March 19.
Vietnamese tourists to China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will enjoy tax refund as the locality plans to apply the policy on foreigners staying in China within 183 days as well as tourists from China’s Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan from December 11.
Some 500 youths of the northern mountainous province of Lang Son and 54 others from China’s Guangxi province joined in the third border youth friendship exchange programme which began at Huu Nghi International Border Gate on May 14.
The Vietnam Railway Corporation’s Railway Transport and Trade JSC (Ratraco) on November 30 launched the first container train to China from Yen Vien station in Hanoi.
The Vietnam-China international trade fair will take place in the northern border province of Lang Son from November 2-8, according to its organising board.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh stated that bordering Guangxi province plays a very important role in cementing and developing the friendship and cooperation between China and Vietnam.
Vietnam’s northernmost province of Ha Giang and Baise city of China’s Guangxi province will continue to effectively implement the agreement on cross-border labour management.
An event to promote Vietnam’s financial services was recently held in Nanning city in China’s southwestern province of Guangxi, gathering nearly 100 representatives from China, Vietnam and Thailand.
A working group of Guangxi’s border gate authorities have recently inspected Longbang market in Jingxi city, which was designed to facilitate cross-border trade with Vietnam through Hung Quoc border gate in Tra Linh district, Cao Bang province.
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