With positive signals from international search trends at the start of 2025, and a boost from promotional campaigns, the Vietnamese tourism sector is poised for a breakthrough this year.
With its strategic importance in the central key economic region, well-developed and interconnected infrastructure, coupled with ample potential for tourism development, Khanh Hoa province is an ideal location for Chinese businesses to seek opportunities for cooperation and investment, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Thanh Binh has said.
A ceremony to announce the official export of fresh coconuts of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre to the Chinese market was held on October 25 by the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Vietnam Mini Digital Investment and Trading JSC.
Vietnam’s lobster export to the Chinese market in January-September rose 33 folds year-on-year on the back of lower prices and stronger trade ties between the two nations, the South China Morning Post said on October 22.
The Vietnam Coconut Association has forecast that coconut exports will hit 1 billion USD this year, driven by the signing of a protocol for official export of fresh coconuts to China.
Vietnam and China have been tightening their economic and trade ties over the recent years, reflecting a strong vitality, said the International Business Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
Insiders believe in a bright prospect for durian export to China though the world’s largest durian consumer is expanding the cultivation of this fruit.
Indonesia, one of the world's largest durian producers and exporters, plans to conduct further research on this fruit varieties and expand plantations in order to raise durian exports to China to 8 billion USD.
Lao Cai has proposed the pilot of a cross-border e-commerce zone or a free trade zone in the northern mountainous province to bridge Vietnam and other ASEAN countries with the Chinese market.
Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo has highlighted the positive development trend with numerous outcomes of the Vietnam-China relationship in recent years and the measures to boost bilateral cooperation in various fields, in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the threshold of the Year of the Dragon.
Despite the offer of visa exemptions, the numbers of Chinese, Taiwanese and Indian tourists to Thailand have yet to record a quick recovery because of several economic factors, according to Thai tourism operators.
Vietnam’s export revenue of vegetables and rice in the first 10 months of this year surpassed the figure reported in the whole 2022 by 2 billion USD, reaching a record amount of 8.9 billion USD.
President Vo Van Thuong had a meeting with officials and staff members of Vietnamese representative agencies in China on October 19 as part of his trip to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.
With an output of between 12 and 14 million tonnes a year, Vietnam's fruit products not only meet domestic consumption needs but also caters to exports, generating nearly 3.5 billion USD each year.
A workshop updating information related to regulations on agro-aquatic export to the Chinese market, and promoting connections between businesses of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China was held in Cao Lanh city on August 29.
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Ho Chi Minh City Branch (VCCI-HCM City), in collaboration with China Foreign Trade Centre and Guangdong Enterprise Confederation under Chinese Business Association in Vietnam, held a conference on August 16 to introduce the 134th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair).