The upcoming state visit to Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping from December 12-13 has prompted Vietnamese experts and researchers to forecast the trip will create new momentum for the bilateral relations.

The Vietnam Fisheries Society (VINAFIS) has voiced its objection to China’s unilateral fishing ban in the East Sea/South China Sea for 2023.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Liu Ning, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in Hanoi on March 31.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held online talks with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang on March 28, during which they agreed to intensify all-level exchanges.

ASEAN and China reaffirmed commitment to advance their comprehensive strategic partnership at the 24th ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held at the ASEAN Secretariat on March 17.

The Chinese government has announced a list of pilot countries, including Vietnam , to which China's group tours can be conducted starting from March 15.

Vietnamese Party, State and National Assembly leaders on March 10 cabled messages of congratulations to Chinese leaders, who were freshly elected at the first session of 14th National People's Congress (NPC).

Despite the high cooperation potential, trade between Vietnam and Yunnan province of China has remained modest at only 3.2 billion USD in 2022, a very small amount of the 175.6 billion USD 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).

Nine Vietnamese fruits, namely durian, mangosteen, mango, dragon fruit, longan, pineapple, water melon, banana, and jackfruit, are being displayed at a festival which takes place in Tianjin city of China.

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.

The 13th meeting of the Vietnam-China joint working group on meteorological cooperation was held online by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on December 13.

At the invitation of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong pays an official visit to China.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong left Hanoi on October 30 morning on an official visit to China which will run through November 1, 2022.

The 3-layer "green zones" were officially launched at Huu Nghi, Tan Thanh and Chi Ma border gates in Cao Loc, Van Lang and Loc Binh districts of Lang Son province, respectively.