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.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports in February recorded a surge of 53.1% to about US$324 million compared to February 2022, according to statistics compiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - China is currently the largest consumption market for bird's nests in the world, so the official import of Vietnamese bird's nest is expected to increase the export turnover of this item in the near future, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A delegation of the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) will meet with leaders of the China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC Group) in Beijing on March 18 to discuss the stagnant second-phase expansion of the Thai Nguyen iron and steel plant (Tisco 2).