VOV.VN - China remains ready to maintain exchanges with Vietnamese localities, especially localities which share a border with Yunnan, said Wang Ning, secretary of Yunnan province's Party Committee while meeting with Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on March 28 in Hanoi.

A golden tourism route connecting six destinations of Vietnam and China was launched in Hanoi on March 28, expected to help the two countries enhance cross-border tourism links.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and China pledged to further consolidate political trust and improve the efficiency of bilateral cooperation during phone talks on March 28 between Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has highly appreciated the positive development in the Vietnam – China relations in recent times, partly contributed by the effective cooperation between border localities of the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wishes to increase defense cooperation with China, Deputy Minister of National Defence of Vietnam Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien told Chinese Defense Attaché to Vietnam Pan Tao at a reception in Hanoi in March 28.

Four northwestern border provinces of Vietnam, namely Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, and Dien Bien, and China’s Yunnan province on March 27 convened the 3rd annual conference between secretaries of their provincial party committees.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attracted nearly US$5.45 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first quarter of the year, equivalent to 61.2% against the same period from last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - The export value of Vietnamese tea to China in the initial two months of the year quadrupled from the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 5,080 tonnes of rubber worth US$8.02 million to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the opening two months of the year, down 16.5% in volume and 29.6% in value year on year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Mong Cai international border gate in the northern province of Quang Ninh is becoming a customs clearance gateway for agro-fisheries products between Vietnam and China.