The 68th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and China was celebrated by the Embassy of Vietnam in China in Beijing on January 18. In his speech, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Dang Minh Khoi said as close neighbouring countries, both Vietnam and China desire to maintain a stable and peaceful environment to boost innovation and the cause of national construction. Vietnam always regards the development of friendship and cooperation with China as one of the top priorities in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of international relations, he said while highlighting the bilateral traditional friendship founded by late Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong and nurtured by the two countries’ generations of leaders. He cited China’s statistics that two-way trade soared by 23.4% to US$121.3 billion last year. The two nations are good partners within the framework of regional and global multilateral cooperation such as ASEAN-China, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, and the United Nations (UN). China’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Xiaodong for his par,affirmed his nation’s readiness to realize common perceptions reached by Vietnamese and Chinese leaders with a focus on strengthening exchanges and the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.
(Cinet)- A photo exhibition featuring 65 years of Vietnam-China diplomatic ties opened at the Ho Chi Minh Museum , Hanoi on January 19. Jointly organised by the Ho Chi Minh Museum and the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, as part of the activities to celebrate the 65th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties between the two countries (January 18, 1950-2015).Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Vuong Duy Bien stated that this is a meaningful cultural activity, designed to enhance the bilateral friendship and cooperation. On display are 120 photos reflecting friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and…... [read more]
Delegations from Bai Se City in China’s Guangxi province as well as districts bordering Ha Giang, including Malypho, Ma Jun, and Fu Ninh in Yunnan province also attended the meeting. Secretary of the Ha Giang Party’s Committee, Hoang Minh Nhat said Vietnam-China relations are developing well based on the 16-word" motto (Friendly neighbourliness, comprehensive co-operation, durable stability and future-oriented vision) and the "four-good" spirit (Good neighbours, good friends, good comrades and good partners). Ha Giang has seven districts bordering Chinese districts, Malypho, Fu Ninh, Ma Jun and Napo in Yunnan and Guangxi provinces. In recent years, leaders and people from…... [read more]
On January 18 the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing hosted a banquet to mark the 63 rd anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties between Vietnam and China (January 18, 1950-2013). The event was attended by Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying, and Assistant to the Director of the International Liaison Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Zhang Yan Yi, alongside 400 representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy, agencies and overseas Vietnamese in China . Speaking at the dinner, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Van Tho affirmed that Vietnam and China share cultural similarities and are on a path to socialism under…... [read more]
Economic ministers of ten ASEAN member countries and China on August 15 inked an investment agreement that is expected to bring in trade and investment expansion among the two sides. The agreement is another step to closer economic ties between the Southeast Asian countries with China as it, together with already-signed China-ASEAN agreements of the trade in goods and services, completed the negotiation process of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA). When fully realised by 2010, it would be a free trade area with a population of 1.9 billion people and the gross domestic product of 6,000 billion USD. All the…... [read more]
Vietnam on November 5 protested against a Chinese agency's map that violates Vietnamese sovereignty in the East Sea. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga made the statement in reply to reporters' questions on China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping's online world map which shows the nine-segment claim line encroaching on Vietnam's Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos and its territorial waters. "The act by China's State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping seriously violates Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, its sovereign right and national jurisdiction right over the continental shelf and the 200-nautical-mile…... [read more]
