More than 600 transactions, 89 agreements and 22 pairs of contracts were signed during the six-day Vietnam-China International Trade Fair, which wrapped up in Vietnam’s northern border province of Lao Cai on November 15.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s import and export turnover with China is anticipated to have reached US$140 billion during the past 10 months of the year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The 15th Vietnam - China International Trade and Tourism Fair is scheduled to open in Mong Cai city, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, on November 30, according to the Mong Cai People’s Committee.

VOV.VN - China remains Vietnam’s biggest trade partner, while Vietnam continues to be the fourth largest trade partner of the neighbouring country, as well as the biggest in ASEAN for many years.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s trading relationship with China has continued to prosper, going on to exceed the US$120 billion mark during the nine-month period, according to figures given by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam is China’s biggest trade partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the sixth largest in the world, affirmed Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.

A workshop updating information related to regulations on agro-aquatic export to the Chinese market, and promoting connections between businesses of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China was held in Cao Lanh city on August 29.

There remained big challenges in Vietnam's exports to China, as the market has been and will continue to impose higher requirements on both export and import standards, said Tran Quang Huy, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia-Africa Market Department.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) sent a diplomatic note to the General Administration of Customs of China (China Customs) on June 8, calling for the early signing of a protocol on food safety and quarantine requirements for aquatic exports and imports between the two countries.

A conference promoting trade and investment linkage between Vietnam and China’s Shandong province – a large-scale and important market of the Chinese economy – took place in Hanoi on June 1, witnessing the signing of seven business cooperation pacts.