Thailand ’s government will provide
high-level security for leaders from Cambodia , Laos , Vietnam ,
Myanmar and China who are scheduled to attend the Mekong River
Commission (MRC) Summit in Hua Hin early next month, a local paper
reported.
The Electricity of Vietnam Corporation
has announced that there will be sufficient power supply for the dry
season in 2010, provided that the new sources of power generation are
put into operation on schedule.
Successful cooperation between China's
Yunnan province and four Vietnamese municipalities and provinces has
helped improve the living standards and boost socio-economic
development in their border areas.
The northern mountainous province of
Lao Cai and its Chinese neighbour, Yunnan province, held an exchange
from Nov. 3-4 to seek ways to remove difficulties and boost
economic-trade and tourism development between the two localities.
China spares no effort in promoting its trade with Vietnam and
encourages businesses in its border provinces to strengthen cooperation
with Vietnam in commerce, trade and construction.
Women who are working and living at the
Vietnamese Embassy in China have joined humanitarian activities aiming
to support poor students in Yunnan province.
The north western province of Lao Cai
and China’s Yunnan province have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) aiming to boost their cooperation in the tourist sector.
A delegation from four northwestern
Vietnamese provinces on August 31 attended a second meeting to discuss
border management with the Chinese province of Yunnan.
A bridge spanning the Red River and
connecting the Kim Thanh trade centre in Lao Cai province with
the Beishan Trade Centre in China’s Yunnan province was inaugurated.
Even though the inauguration of Kim
Thanh bridge, scheduled for Sept. 2, is still days away, as many as 50
investors have already registered to lease lots of land at the Kim
Thanh trade centre on the border with China
A total of 336 people were injured and
more than 2,700 houses were damaged in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that
hit southwest China's Yunnan province late July 9, Xinhua news agency
reported.