Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his wife begin an official visit to China on October 20, which will last until October 20-23, at the invitation of Premier Wen Jiabao and his wife.
PM Dung will also attend the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 7), taking place in Beijing from October 24-25. This is Dung’s first visit to China as Prime Minister.
At present, cooperation between the two countries is being expanded in most areas including economy, trade, investment, agriculture, fisheries, science and technology, transport, health care, construction, education and training, culture, sports ant tourism.
Bilateral trade turnover between the two countries last year reached 16 billion USD. In the first seven months of the year, it was 13 billion USD, and is expected to be 21 billion USD by the end of the year.
China now has 606 investment projects in Vietnam worth a total of 2 billion USD, standing 12th among 82 countries and territories that invest in Vietnam. At present, about 50 universities and schools of Vietnam have cooperated with 80 universities and educational institutions based in China.
China is the largest source of tourists visiting Vietnam with 600,000 Chinese coming last year, and 300,000 in the first seven months of this year. |
