VOV.VN - Vietnam places great importance on its friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive strategic co-operative partnership with China, viewing it as a top priority in the country’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, and diversification.
VOV.VN - Vo Van Hoan, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, received Deputy Mayor of China's Chongqing city Zhang Guozhi on October 13 to discuss directions for boosting co-operation between the two localities moving forward.
The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) and the Commerce Commission of China’s Chongqing city signed a memorandum of understanding on enhancing economic, trade and investment cooperation at a teleconference on September 16.
Economic and trade ties between China’s Chongqing city and Vietnam have been growing strongly, with Vietnam’s exports to the centrally-run city soaring by over 86% during January-September to more than US$4.5 billion.
Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai met with officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Chongqing city and Sichuan province during his working visits to the two Chinese localities on November 24.