PM to Head for Beijing for ASEAN-China Summit

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend a two-day ASEAN-China Summit from October 30 in Beijing, China and tour China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on October 25.

 

The ministry also noted PM Dung’s working trip to China this time will further boost the strategist cooperation relations between ASEAN and China.

 

PM Dung will participate at the Commemorative Summit Marking the 15^th Anniversary of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations in Nanning, hold talks with Wen Jiabao and sign the ASEAN-China joint statement.

 

Bilateral trade between ASEAN and China last year reached $117.24 billion, up 23.5 per cent on year, of which China’s exports rose 31.1 per cent against that in 2004 and imports up 18.4 per cent

 

ASEAN is China’s fifth largest importer while China is ASEAN’s fourth biggest importer, Chinese trade statistics.

 

Bilateral trade between China and ASEAN increases 20 per cent a year.