At the reception, Dung, also Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Council, congratulated Li on her new role and expressed confidence that she would help bolster the traditional friendship between Viet Nam and China, as well as cooperation between Da Nang and Chinese localities in particular.
He emphasised that relations between the two countries continue to develop with greater substance and depth.
Dung said that building on the foundation of the Viet Nam–China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, Da Nang has consistently prioritised fostering friendship and actively expanding cooperation with Chinese localities, organisations and businesses.
For her part, Chinese Consul General Li Weiwei commended Da Nang’s socio-economic achievements and expressed her desire to promote cooperation between the two sides’ elected bodies, while deepening ties between Da Nang and Chinese localities in economics, trade, investment, digital transformation and sustainable development.
On the same day, President of the Da Nang chapter of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Nguyen Dinh Vinh also received the Chinese diplomat.
Vinh highlighted the front’s role in fostering public consensus and promoting people-to-people exchanges, thereby helping to consolidate the social foundation for friendship and cooperation between the two countries’ localities.
In recent years, cooperation between Da Nang and China has been sustained across various fields, including investment, trade, tourism, cultural exchanges and people-to-people links.
China currently has 144 foreign direct investment projects in Da Nang, with total registered capital of nearly 820 million USD, spanning manufacturing, garments, footwear, construction, mineral extraction, services and tourism.
In trade, approximately 30 businesses in the city regularly engage in commercial activities with China.
Da Nang’s major exports to China include transformers, seafood, garments, and handicrafts, while its imports are mainly components, machinery, equipment, and raw and auxiliary materials for production.
