VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 420,000 tonnes of bananas to China during the first six months of the year, the highest by any country to that market, up 18.5% compared to the same period from last year.

Measures to optimise transportation methods at border gates and promote cross-border tourism cooperation at Tan Thanh (VN)-Po Chai (China), and Coc Nam (VN)-Nong Yao (China) border gates were discussed at the talks between the People’s Committee of the northern mountainous border province of Lang Son and the Party Committee of Chongzuo city, China’s Guangxi province, on August 27.

The Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) and the China Coast Guard (CCG) held their first exchange programme on the Party and political affairs in Hanoi on August 27.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and China have had sincere and frank discussions about maritime issues to better control and actively resolve disagreements at sea, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang.

Thanks to the close cooperation between Vietnamese and Chinese travel firms and harmonised tourism promotion policies of the two countries, the number of Vietnamese and Chinese tourists travelling to the other country has completely recovered with strong growth potential.

VOV.VN - The State visit to China by Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his spouse along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation from August 18 to August 20 was a great success, representing a new milestone and opening up a new development stage for the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive strategic co-operative partnership.

Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung unveiled the successful outcomes of the state visit to China by Party General Secretary and President To Lam from August 18-20, in a press briefing in Hanoi on August 20.

Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee and Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang held talks with State Councillor and Minister of Public Security of China Wang Xiaohong in Beijing on August 20.

Vietnam and China have issued a joint statement on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries and building a Vietnam-China community with a shared future on the occasion of state visit to China by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam from August 18-20.

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang held a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Senior Lieutenant General Dong Jun on August 20, on the occasion of the state visit by Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his spouse to China.