Vietnam is now China’s biggest trade partner in Asean, says minister


Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits Vietnamese and Chinese pavilions while attending the 20th CAEXPO and CABIS. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam is China’s biggest trade partner in the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) and the sixth largest in the world, affirmed Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.

Talking to the press on the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s attendance at the 20th China-Asean Expo (CAEXPO) and China-Asean Business and Investment Summit (CABIS) in Nanning city, China's Guangxi province, from September 16-17, Dien said the bilateral economic-trade-investment ties have been growing positively and continuously made new records.

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