The event, hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in China in coordination with Sichuan’s authorities, brought together representatives of nearly 200 businesses along with government officials from the two countries.

In his opening remarks, Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Minh Khoi affirmed that China is one of Vietnam’s most important trade and investment partners with bilateral trade reaching 147.8 billion USD in 2018, up 21.2 percent year-on-year.

Delegates to the seminar.

He emphasized opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises and localities in Chengdu - a big economic, financial, technological and cultural centre in western China with a population of nearly 91 million, gross domestic product (GDP) at 600 billion USD and a growth rate of 8 percent in 2018.

Chengdu is the gateway to China’s western region, he said, urging Sichuan province and Vietnam to further promote their bridging role in cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and better optimise opportunities generated by the upgrading of the ASEAN-China free trade agreement.

Sichuan’s Vice Governor Li Yunze spoke highly of the cooperation outcomes across spheres, especially economy, trade and agriculture between Vietnam and China in general, and Vietnam and Sichuan province in particular.

He expressed hope for enhanced exchanges and result-oriented collaboration with Vietnamese localities in education, culture, health care and tourism.

Vietnam and Sichuan should expand their trade ties and promote their cooperation in logistics, towards forming inter-regional logistics chains, he said.

Li Yunze pledged to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese firms to operate in Sichuan, and encourage high-quality businesses from Sichuan to invest in Vietnam.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh introduced Vietnam’s advantages and potential for high-quality agricultural production, saying the country’s agro-forestry-fishery products have been exported to over 180 markets worldwide.

China is one of the major and traditional importers of Vietnamese farm produce, he said, noting that to increase the export of agro-forestry-fishery products to China, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has instructed competent agencies and localities to focus on measures to meet quality and food safety requirements of the Chinese market.

Following the seminar, the delegation of the MARD, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen and Vietnamese businesses visited some economic, commercial, agricultural and logistics facilities in Sichuan.

Promoting lychee consumption in China: Supporting labeling and customs clearance in the day

(BGO) - On the morning of May 24, in Pingxiang county, Guangxi province (China), the People's Committee of Bac Giang province, in coordination with the Pingxiang People's Government, organised a conference to promote lychee consumption and introduce Bac Giang province’s cultural, tourist and agricultural products in 2019.

Providing optimal conditions for customs clearance of Bac Giang’ lychee exported to China

(BGO) - This is opinion of Hao Yun, member of the municipal Party Committee, Vice Mayor of Pingxiang city, Guangxi, China when Duong Van Thai, Vice Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (Vietnam) and the province’s delegation paid a courtesy visit to Pingxiang municipal leader on 23 May on the occasion of the Conference on lychee consumption and promotion for the cultural, tourism and agricultural products of Bac Giang in Pingxiang on 24 May.

China tightens import standards for Vietnamese fruits

China now requires Vietnam to provide stamps of origin, area code and phytosanitary certificates for fruits that it exports.

Official hosts Buddhism delegations from China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand

Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Vu Chien Thang on May 12 received delegates from China, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand who are in Vietnam to attend the United Nations Day of Vesak 2019 at the Tam Chuc Buddhism Culture Centre in the northern province of Ha Nam.

Vietnam shines at 2019 World Para Athletics Grand Prix in China

Vietnamese athletes grabbed six gold, eight silver and eight bronze medals at the 2019 World Para Athletics Grand Prix Series, which was held in Beijing, China, from May 10 to 12. 

Source: VNA