The decline of the Chinese economy will have a negative impact on Vietnam, but the impacts will be insignificant in the short term. Vietnam’s import/export activities will suffer the most.

 E-commerce giant Alibaba has broken its own record for sales on China's Singles Day, the world's biggest online shopping event.

Samsung, LG and Intel have injected more money into Vietnam. Some multinational conglomerates are considering relocating their global production bases to Vietnam. Others are planning to set up factories in Vietnam.

 Many international researchers said China’s claims of sovereignty in the East Sea is groundless and has no legal and historical foundation.

 Chinese state media and netizens have decried high pollution levels in the northeast city of Shenyang, which activists have said could be the "worst ever" air quality seen in the country.

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 VietNamNet Bridge - State Councilor of China Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on October 8, met the US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing.

VietNamNet Bridge - Boeing has set up a factory in to assemble aircraft in China, which is expected to bring opportunities to Vietnam.

Several future scenarios about Vietnam's foreign exchange and economy in the context of possible China's currency devaluation and US Federal Reserve's interest rate hike have been put forth.

 China's imports in August fell 14.3% in yuan-denominated terms from a year ago, while exports fell by 6.1%.

 Confusion over the types of coal being burned in Chinese power stations has caused a significant overestimation of the country's carbon emissions.

 China has set the guiding rate for its yuan currency lower for a third consecutive day. But Thursday's rate of 1% down against the dollar was a smaller margin than the shock cuts earlier in the week.

 A factory which allegedly made up to 41,000 fake Apple iPhones has been raided in China, with nine arrests.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nothing is unpredictable when doing business with Chinese, because the partners may unexpectedly break contracts and act unethically, many local businesses believe.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has received permission to export litchis to the US and Australian markets, but exports remain very modest.

VietNamNet Bridge - All Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) members, including Vietnam, look at China, which is now considering joining the free trade area, with suspicious eyes.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “China strengthening national defense aims at defense. It is very normal, which does not bring harm to neighboring countries or the world,” a Chinese scholar has said. But is it true?

VietNamNet Bridge - The possibility of China becoming a member of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement remains open. Experts say China’s membership, to some extent, would affect Vietnam.

 The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) commenced the 11th theoretical workshop in the Chinese city of Shanghai on June 17, sharing their experience in social management and development.

This is the second article in a series written Hoang Huong during her trip to Hawaii, China, the Philippines and Singapore with journalists from 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss the East Sea conflict.