Vietnam, China ink 14 cooperation deals
Vietnam, China ink 14 cooperation deals
Vietnam’s Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping witnessed the signing of 14 cooperation documents between ministries, agencies, and localities of the two countries on Monday, as part of the top Vietnamese leader’s state visit to China through Tuesday.
An international multimodal train debuts at Song Than Station in Binh Duong Province, southern Vietnam, September 27, 2023, transporting cargo from Song Than Station to China. Photo: Duc Phu / Tuoi Tre |
The signing ceremony took place after a successful talk between the two top leaders.
These cooperation documents were meant to deepen their bilateral ties.
The signed deals include a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and the Party School of the Communist Party of China Central Committee (National Academy of Governance); and an MoU on industrial cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, according to the Vietnam News Agency.
Some of the other documents are an MoU on healthcare cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and the National Health Commission of China; an MoU between the State Bank of Vietnam and the People’s Bank of China on enhancing cooperation and information exchange in banking operations; an MoU between the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam and the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) on promoting development cooperation projects in the social and livelihood fields; and a certificate of the handover of the results of the aid project for Vietnam in the Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong standard gauge railway planning between the two governments.
Besides, there are three protocols on plant quarantine and food safety for frozen durians, plant quarantine requirements for fresh coconuts, and quarantine and health requirements for farmed crocodiles exported from Vietnam to China between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam and the General Administration of Customs China.
The signing also featured an official letter between the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam and the CIDCA on the feasibility study of the technical aid project for planning two standard gauge railway routes of Lang Son - Hanoi and Mong Cai - Ha Long – Hanoi; an agreement on professional cooperation between the Vietnam News Agency and China's Xinhua News Agency; an MoU on strengthening cooperation between Vietnam Television and China Central Radio and Television; an MoU between the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine on cooperation in traditional medicine; and an MoU on press and media exchange programs for the 2024-29 period between the Vietnam Journalists' Association and the All-China Journalists Association.
Two MoUs on enhancing economic and trade cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and the authorities of Hainan and Shandong Provinces were also announced at the signing ceremony.
