The diplomat said that China has been the largest trade partner of Vietnam since 2004, adding trade revenue between the two nations was on strong surge during January - November.

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Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Sao Mai at a meeting with Chinese press. Photo: VOV

China has been the second biggest FDI investor in Vietnam while the latter has been the largest trade partner of the Northeast Asian country in the ASEAN bloc since 2016. Both sides have reached several agreements on quarantine of milk and dairy products and mangosteen.

Particularly, Vietnam successfully exported its first batch of milk to China this year, he stressed.

Touching on territorial and border issues, the Vietnamese diplomat highlighted joint efforts of both sides, saying their borderline has been kept peaceful and stable for mutual development and cooperation.

Exchanges and cooperation between localities in border areas have borne fruit in recent time.

High-level leaders of the two Parties and States have met and reached mutual understanding on the necessity to control divergences, have proper measures to handle maritime issues, have no actions that complicate the East Sea (South China Sea) situation, and settle disputes via peaceful means in line with international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS 1982), he said.

At the event, Ambassador Mai also shared several cooperative road-maps between the two countries in 2020 such as deepening mutual political trust on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the diplomatic relations, developing the economic-trade relations in a more practical manner, and enhancing people-to-people exchanges, mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples.

Source: VNA