Compared with previous routes, the new corridor saves each truck approximately one day in transport time and reduces costs up to 1,000 CNY (over 138 USD).

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh engaged in a bilateral meeting with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet in Kunming city, China, on November 6.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had meetings with leading Chinese enterprises operating in the aviation and agricultural sectors in Kunming city, Yunnan province, on November 6.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is in Yunnan, China to attend the 8th Greater Mekong Sub-region Summit and hold bilateral activities in the country.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on April 12 paid a floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at a historical relic site dedicated to the late Vietnamese leader in Kunming city, Yunnan province, as part of his ongoing official visit to China.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang attended the opening ceremony of the 7th China – South Asia Expo (CAS Expo) and the 27th China Kunming Import and Export Commodities Fair in Kunming, the capital of China’s Yunnan province, on August 16.

The first China-Laos-Thailand round-trip freight train departed from Kunming capital of southwest China's Yunnan province on February 8 and is expected to arrive in Bangkok in 55 hours.

Chinese-based Ruili Airlines on September 30 opened a route between Vietnam’s northern port city of Hai Phong and Kunming city in China’s Yunnan province.

Myanmar has plans to export 500 million USD worth of rice to China through barter trading system later this year, according to Xinhua news agency.

Forty Vietnamese enterprises will join a business trip to explore export opportunities in the Chinese cities of Nanning and Kunming from June 10-13.

Thailand’s tourism sector is expected to get a windfall from the trade war between China and the US as Chinese tourists are looking to shorten their long haul flights to visit closer destinations instead.

The customs cooperation between Vietnam’s northern provinces of Lao Cai, Dien Bien, Ha Giang, and Hai Phong city and China’s Kunming has proven successful, reaping many positive outcomes.

A cargo train heading for Vietnam left Kunming, the capital of the Chinese southwestern province of Yunnan, on June 13, an opening of a new route between the two countries.

Vietnam came from behind to tie the Yunnan province team 1-1 at the opening of an international football tournament for U19s on February 18 in Kunming, China.

China’s Yunnan Lucky Air on December 28 announced the launch of a direct flight between Kunming city in southwest China’s Yunnan province and Nha Trang city, Vietnnam.