Cars driven by Chinese tourists enter Vietnam through Mong Cai border gate (Photo: dantri.com.vn) Beijing (VNA) – Vietnam and China are set to expand self-driving tours in a border region, heard a conference co-held by Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh province and Dongxing city in China’s southwest Guangzi Zhuang Autonomous Region on May 9. The tours are currently allowed to run between Quang Ninh’s Mong Cai city and Dongxing city. At the conference, the two sides agreed to expand the area for the tour from Vietnam-China border to Guangxi’s cities of Fangchenggang, Nanning and Guilin and Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city in the future. The Vietnamese government has allowed Quang Ninh to pilot self-drive tours from China to the province’s Ha Long city since March. Self-drive tours through Vietnam-China border have become a new attraction after the launch of the Mong Cai - Dongxing route in November 2016. As of April 2018, a total 146 vehicles … [Read more...] about Vietnam, China expand self-drive tours in border area
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Vietnam, China jointly release young fish into Tonkin Gulf
Vietnam and China jointly release aquatic resources into the Tonkin Gulf on May 8 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and China on May 8 jointly released aquatic resources into the Tonkin Gulf at the border gate of the cross-border Bac Luan (Beilun) River in Dongxing city, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. They released 43 million fry of eight species, including ca song (Epinephelinae), ca trap do (Pagrus major), ca trap den (Sparus macrocephalus), ca hong do (Lutjanus erythropterus), and ca hong bac (Lutjanus argentimaculatus Forskal). This was an activity to implement the memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation in releasing and protecting aquatic resources, signed between the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture on January 12, 2017. Nguyen Ngoc Oai, Acting Director General of the Vietnamese ministry’s Directorate of Fisheries, said this activity aimed to reduce the degradation of … [Read more...] about Vietnam, China jointly release young fish into Tonkin Gulf
Forum spotlights Vietnam – China university education
Vietnamese students seek information on studying in China at an exhibition on the sidelines of the forum (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – A forum on Vietnam – China tertiary education took place in Hanoi on April 27, gathering representatives from 30 Chinese universities with high global ranking. The Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) in collaboration with the global education services company GES Vietnam organised the event. Participants exchanged information on cooperation between Vietnamese and Chinese universities, and experience in building university branches overseas. They also proposed orientations to design joint training programmes and boost connectivity between universities of the two countries. Opening the forum, USSH Vice Rector Nguyen Van Kim said Chinese universities are special and biggest partners of the USSH. Kim noted a large number of USSH lecturers have received education in China, while the university … [Read more...] about Forum spotlights Vietnam – China university education
Vietnam, China forge military cooperation
Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang receives Maj. Gen. Shen Zhihua from the Chinese Academy of Military Science in Hanoi on March 26. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang hosted a reception for a delegation of the Academy of Military Science (AMS) of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, led by Maj. Gen. Shen Zhihua, Director of the AMS’s political department, in Hanoi on March 26. Welcoming his guests, Giang, also chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, lauded the results of the workshop on ideology of Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong on the Vietnam-China friendship and solidarity held earlier the same day. The workshop was hosted by the Ministry of Defence’s Institute for Defence Strategy of Vietnam and the AMS. Vietnam’s Party, State and people highly appreciate China’s support in the past, he said, adding that cooperation between the two institutes for defence … [Read more...] about Vietnam, China forge military cooperation
Vietnam School Memorial Hall, a symbol of Vietnam – China friendship
The Vietnam School Memorial Hall stands in Guangxi Normal University in Guilin city, Guangxi province. The Vietnam School Memorial Hall stands in Guangxi Normal University in Guilin city, Guangxi province. Handwriting on the walls leading to the Memorial House show that this was a place where students of several Vietnamese schools were evacuated during Vietnam’s resistance wars against the French and American imperialists. More than 10,000 Vietnamese cadres were trained here during the war years. The Vietnam School Memorial Hall was inaugurated on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Vietnam-China diplomatic relations in 2010. Mr. Ruan Zhong Yuan is the Director of the Vietnam School Memorial Hall: “I’m so proud that the Hall has welcomed many Vietnamese leaders, including former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, and former Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan. The Hall is a memorial to the fine … [Read more...] about Vietnam School Memorial Hall, a symbol of Vietnam – China friendship