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Vietnam asks China to lift restrictions on agricultural imports

Vietnam has suggested that China should create favourable conditions to boost customs clearance for Vietnamese agricultural products stuck in border areas.

Chinese swimming expert, Huang Guohui, dies in quarantine

Chinese swimming coach, Huang Guohui, of the Vietnamese national swimming team died in quarantine after returning from the Tokyo Olympics.

Exports of agricultural products to China face difficulties

Exports of Vietnamese agricultural products via border gates to China are facing numerous difficulties. Ministries, localities and branches from the...

Vietnam welcomes proposal to elevate ASEAN-China relationship

Vietnam welcomes a proposal to upgrade the ASEAN-China relationship, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said at the ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held via videoconference on August 3 

Party chief attends CPC and World Political Parties Summit

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong led a high-ranking delegation of the CPV to attend the virtual summit of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and world political parties on July 6.

China tops list for purchasing Vietnamese iron and steel

Vietnam exported a total of 4.88 million tonnes of iron and steel worth US$3.61 billion during the five months of the year, with China emerging as the largest buyer, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam to receive COVID-19 vaccines from China

Vietnam is expected to continue receiving additional supplies of COVID-19 vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) through the COVAX Facility in the near future, including vaccines funded by the Chinese Government.

Vietnamese, Chinese top legislators hold online talks

The top legislators of Vietnam and China on June 17 shared their view on the significance of the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the foreign policy of each country.

Farmers incur big losses as export channels to China get stuck due to Covid crisis

Vegetable and fruit prices have plummeted recently because they cannot be exported to China. In fruit centers, farmers are incurring big losses despite bountiful crops.

 

Vietnamese, Chinese Foreign Ministers hold talks

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi on June 8 

Trade with China: $20 billion in exports, $43 billion in imports

Vietnam’s import and export activities in May were affected by the fourth Covid-19 wave, but they still increased generally.

Vietnam gives top priority to developing relations with China: PM

Preserving and developing the traditional friendship and the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China is the top priority in the foreign policy of the Vietnamese Party and Government, PM Pham Minh Chinh affirmed on June 4.

Vietnam promotes defence cooperation with Philippines, Singapore

Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen Phan Van Giang on June 2 hosted separately receptions for Ambassador of the Philippines to Vietnam Meynardo Los Banos Montealegre, and Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam.

President holds phone talks with top Chinese leader

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Chinese Party General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping affirmed the significance of the Vietnam-China relationship in each country’s foreign policy during their phone talks on May 24.

Vietnam proposes ASEAN, China prioritise coordination in COVID-19 fight

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung, head of Vietnam’s ASEAN SOM, has suggested ASEAN and China prioritise coordination in fighting COVID-19 and spurring sustainable recovery.

Competing with Chinese goods on online shopping platforms: pressure to perform

Under pressure from foreign goods on e-commerce sites, Vietnamese businesses should take advantage of their internal strengths to compete.

International community criticise China's new moves in East Sea

The international community has voiced protest against China's new moves in the East Sea, including its enforcement of a fishing ban that took effect on May 1 on the sea area covering part of the Gulf of Tonkin 

Vietnam resolutely rejects China’s unilateral fishing ban: Deputy Spokesman

Deputy Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Doan Khac Viet underlined Vietnam’s objection to China’s recent fishing ban

Int’l public opinion concerned over China’s coast guard law

International public opinion has criticized the Coast Guard Law of China, saying that China uses the law to legalise its coast guard force’s use of violence to serve the country’s unilateral sovereignty claim in the East Sea.

Vietnam, China hold seventh defence strategy dialogue

Vietnam and China held their seventh defence strategy dialogue at the deputy ministerial level in Dongxing city in the Chinese province of Guangxi on April 23.