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Vietnamese, Chinese border districts celebrate 10th anniversary of relations

A ceremony took place in the northern border province of Cao Bang’s Quang Hoa district on December 7 to mark its decade-long friendship with Longzhou county in China’s Guangxi province, with which it shares an over 22.7km borderline.
Vietnamese, Chinese border districts celebrate 10th anniversary of relations ảnh 1On the occasion, representatives of Quang Hoa's Ta Lung and Longzhou's Shuikou sign a friendly cooperation pact. (Photo: VNA)
Cao Bang (VNA) – A ceremony took place in the northernborder province of Cao Bang’s Quang Hoa district on December 7 to mark itsdecade-long friendship with Longzhou county in China’s Guangxi province, with which it shares an over 22.7km borderline.

The sides signed a framework agreement on establishing internationalfriendly district-level relations on September 4, 2013, making them the firstpair of districts to seal such a deal on the Vietnam - China border. Sincethen, they have worked together to ensure mutual security,socio-economic-cultural development, and disease prevention and control. Trade throughtheir Ta Lung -  Shuikou pair of bordergates has exceeded 3.4 billion in recent years.

Addressing the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Cao Bang People's Committee TrinhTruong Huy affirmed that the two districts have abundant potential andopportunities for cooperation and development.

Secretary of the Longzhou Party Committee Feng Bo expressedhis hope for the localities to further leverage their geographical and industrialadvantages in beefing up the bilateral economic, commercial, mineral, cultural,and tourism cooperation.

It is necessary to build an international cooperativealuminum industrial zone between Quang Hoa’s Ta Lung town and Longzhou’s Shuikoutown, he said.

On the occasion, representatives of Ta Lung and Shuikou inked a friendly cooperation pact./.
VNA
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