The Chinese side reaffirmed its support for ASEAN's community-building efforts and the bloc’s central role in regional affairs, emphasising the priority China places on its relationship with ASEAN as part of its neighbourhood diplomacy.
The upcoming official visit to Vietnam by Chinese Premier Li Qiang is expected to create more opportunities for expanding economic, trade, and investment cooperation between the two nations, according to experts.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, as strategic partners, maintain a long-standing economic relationship marked by strong integration in trade and investment, said Lao Minister of Industry and Commerce Malaithong Kommasith at the 23rd ASEAN Economic Ministers - China Ministry of Commerce Consultation (AEM-MOFCOM) on September 22 in Vientiane, Laos.
Thailand will seek to boost trade with China when it hosts the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) Joint Committee in April, according to the Thai Ministry of Commerce’s Department of Trade Negotiations.
Bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation agreements Vietnam has signed have enabled the Hoa Phat Group’s Hoa Phat Steel Sheet Co. Ltd to penetrate into many new markets and promote exports.
Thirty importers from Hong Kong (China) said they want to enhance rice trade with Vietnamese partners while attending a seminar held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 5.
Economic ministers of the 10 ASEAN member countries and China have agreed to bolster the bilateral trade during their meeting on the sidelines of the 51st ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM 51) in Bangkok.
Thailand’s Ministry of Commerce has reported that the country’s exports of fruits and vegetable to China surged 31 percent in the January-May period to 1.2 billion USD.
Cooperation in economy, trade, agriculture and logistics between Vietnam and China was highlighted at a seminar in Chengdu, the capital city of China’s Sichuan province, on June 13.
China is current the biggest market for Vietnamese agricultural products, but its demand for fruits and vegetables is still growing, offering a chance for Vietnamese firms to boost even stronger shipments to this country.
Senior officials of the ASEAN countries and China held their 24th consultation (ACSOC-24) in Singapore on June 8 to review bilateral relations and discuss measures to reinforce the cooperation and strategic partnership between ASEAN and China.
Vietnam encourages Chinese businesses, including those from Fujian province, to invest in projects using high technology in the country, President Tran Dai Quang said at an economic-trade cooperation seminar on May 13.
