The international road passenger transport route between the Mu La Thang border gate in Vietnam’s Lai Chau province and the Jin Shuihe border gate in China’s Yunnan province has been opened to traffic following a ceremony on June 13.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is actively working toward enhancing trade cooperation with China to boost the country’s exports of agricultural produce.

The MARD suggested China Customs permit more fruits, aquatic species and products of Viet Nam to enter this country, license more Vietnamese aquatic...

Chinese importers highly appreciate the quality of Vietnam’s farm produce, saying they want to buy in large quantities. But, in fact, the two sides continue to make modest transactions and there is no sustainable supply value chain.

The export of durian and coconut is expected to hit 1 billion USD this year thanks to increasing demand from China, according to experts.

Vietnam's pepper exports are not challenged by Cambodia being issued a licence to export its pepper to China directly, according to experts.

As major fruits are entering the peak harvest season, Vietnamese officials have warned of the risk of worsening congestion at border gates with China in the northern region due to high export volumes.

China has allowed its citizens to go to Vietnam in groups, starting from March 15, but the number of travelers from the huge market has been increasing slowly. Vietnam received only 400,000 Chinese travelers in the first five months of the year.

Head of Nanning Customs Wang Weibing has proposed putting a smart border gate system into trial operation to facilitate customs clearance of Vietnam’s farm exports to China.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch on the implementation of urgent measures to settle goods congestion and promote the export of farm produce through northern border gates.

Smart border gate control should be launched to prevent congestion and facilitate cross-border trade in farm products between Vietnam and China.

China has approved another 47 farming area codes and 18 packaging facility codes for importing durian from Viet Nam, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Both Vietnam and Thailand are big fruit exporters to China. However, Thailand can earn more money than Vietnam though it sells less fruit.

The Northern Power Corporation will buy electricity from China’s Guangxi Power Grid Company to ease the power shortage this summer.

More than 201 Chinese traders have registered to enter Vietnam to purchase lychee in the northern province of Bac Giang between mid-May and July, Trade and Industry Promotion Center of the province has announced.

Since China allowed its citizens to travel to Vietnam in groups from March 15, the number of Chinese tourists to Vietnam has increased sharply, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

Vietnamese tourism businesses are making efforts to draw Chinese visitors with demand for deluxe services, sensing that the segment is expanding after COVID-19.

Okay Airways and Pacific Airlines will begin their flights connecting Da Nang with Hunan (China) and Muan (the Republic of Korea) from late April, increasing the number of airlines restarting operations at the Da Nang International Airport to 28.

Vietnamese businesses have a geographical advantage in accessing China, the world's second-largest market, especially with support from e-commerce platforms, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

China has unveiled a list of more than 80 local packaging facilities and growing areas of sweet potatoes that fully meet phytosanitary requirements, meaning they are allowed to be exported to the Chinese market.