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.

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.

Despite the high cooperation potential, trade between Vietnam and Yunnan province of China has remained modest at only US$3.2 billion in 2022, a very small amount of the US$175.6 billion in trade between Vietnam and China in the year, according to Vu Ba Phu, director of the Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Border guards stationed in Vietnam’s northern province of Dien Bien coordinated with their counterpart in China’s Yunnan province held a joint patrol along the shared border on January 12.

Vietnam has maintained its economic recovery momentum in 2022 despite many difficulties, Zhao Ruyi, a scholar from the Institute of International Relations at China’s Yunnan University, wrote in an article recently posted on the Tengxun website.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese businesses from 12 provinces and cities attended the sixth China-South Asia Expo and the 26th China Kunming Import and Export Fair, held in Kunming of Yunnan province, China, from November 19 to 22.

Border guards stationed in Vietnam’s northernmost province of Ha Giang and officers from a border checkpoint in China’s Yunnan province held a joint patrol on September 16.

Border guards in the northern province of Lao Cai and He Khou Border Gate in China's Yunnan province held joint border patrols on April 27 after a two-month delay due to COVID-19.

Border guards of the northern province of Lao Cai and Hekou border management force of China’s Yunnan province discussed measures to intensify cooperation in law enforcement in border areas during their talks on April 15.

Representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade has coordinated with authorities of China’s Yunnan province in holding a teleconference on customs clearance of goods and pandemic prevention and control cooperation at border gates between the two sides.