Vietnam blames China’s ‘zero COVID’ policies for disrupting trade
2 years, 11 months ago

Vietnam blames China’s ‘zero COVID’ policies for disrupting trade

Al Jazeera  

Vietnam’s trade ministry calls on Chinese authorities to ease congestion at the border crossing. Vietnam’s trade ministry has asked China’s Guangxi authorities to take urgent measures to ease congestion at border crossings after China stepped up its border controls with neighbours to follow zero COVID-19 policies, state media reported. Pictures and video footage from state-run Vietnam News Agency showed thousands of trucks were held up at the border following reports that imported COVID-19 cases had been detected in Guangxi province. “Anti-virus prevention measures that Guangxi is applying under the ‘zero COVID’ policies, including closing border gates or stopping fruit imports, are over necessary,” VNA reported, citing a trade ministry statement.

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China-Vietnam dialogue held in Chongqing on boosting business, trade ties
1 month, 2 weeks ago

China-Vietnam dialogue held in Chongqing on boosting business, trade ties

China Daily  

A dialogue on cooperation in China-Vietnam business, trade and logistics is held in Chongqing's Nan'an district on Friday. As of Oct 30, the China-Vietnam freight trains passing through Chongqing have operated in both directions a total of 132 trips, carrying a combined total of 4,224 standard containers with a cargo value of 1.01 billion yuan. In the first three quarters …

China-Vietnam dialogue held in Chongqing on boosting business, trade ties
1 month, 2 weeks ago

China-Vietnam dialogue held in Chongqing on boosting business, trade ties

China Daily  

A dialogue on cooperation in China-Vietnam business, trade and logistics is held in Chongqing's Nan'an district on Friday. As of Oct 30, the China-Vietnam freight trains passing through Chongqing have operated in both directions a total of 132 trips, carrying a combined total of 4,224 standard containers with a cargo value of 1.01 billion yuan. In the first three quarters …

Beijing, Hanoi vow to advance traditional ties
4 months ago

Beijing, Hanoi vow to advance traditional ties

China Daily  

By Cao Desheng | China Daily | Updated: 2024-08-20 07:12 Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Vietnamese president, attend a welcoming ceremony in Beijing on Monday for the Vietnamese leader before their talks at the Great Hall …

Value chain risk: Will Vietnam end up like another Chinese province?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Value chain risk: Will Vietnam end up like another Chinese province?

Live Mint  

Vietnam’s anti-corruption drive, which the ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong likened to a “blazing furnace," is running hot. Last month, Truong My Lan, a real estate tycoon and Vietnam’s richest woman, was sentenced to death for her role in a $12 billion fraud case that involved Saigon Commercial Bank, one of its largest lenders. What’s clear, however, is …

China's Guangxi sees foreign trade up 10.3 pct in Q1
8 months ago

China's Guangxi sees foreign trade up 10.3 pct in Q1

China Daily  

NANNING, April 19 -- The foreign trade of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reached 166.29 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2024, up 10.3 percent year on year, customs statistics showed. Guangxi's exports increased by 31.4 percent year on year to reach 94.33 billion yuan, while imports decreased 8.9 percent to 71.96 billion yuan, said the customs of …

China's Guangxi reaps cross-border trade bonanza with influx of goods and travelers
1 year, 4 months ago

China's Guangxi reaps cross-border trade bonanza with influx of goods and travelers

China Daily  

Soon after the Youyiguan border crossing in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region opened for customs clearing, a procession of trucks carrying goods like fruits, electronic appliances and agricultural products from ASEAN countries began streaming into the world's second-largest economy. In the first half of 2023, the total value of Guangxi's cross-border trade hit 62.6 billion yuan, up 126.3 percent …

China’s trade plunges to lowest level since 2020 amid COVID curbs
2 years ago

China’s trade plunges to lowest level since 2020 amid COVID curbs

Al Jazeera  

Imports fell 10.6 percent in November while exports dropped 8.7 percent, according to customs data. China’s trade plummeted in November to the lowest levels since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to official figures, underscoring the heavy economic toll of Beijing’s “zero COVID” policies. Imports fell 10.6 percent year-on-year while exports dropped 8.7 percent, Chinese customs data showed …

China anti-virus curbs spur fears of global economic impact
2 years, 1 month ago

China anti-virus curbs spur fears of global economic impact

Associated Press  

BEIJING — More than 253,000 coronavirus cases have been found in China in the past three weeks and the daily average is rising, the government said Tuesday, adding to pressure on officials who are trying to reduce economic damage by easing controls that confine millions of people to their homes. Global stock markets fell Monday as anxiety about China’s controls …

Residents clash with Chinese authorities over enforcement of COVID-19 quarantine restrictions
2 years, 1 month ago

Residents clash with Chinese authorities over enforcement of COVID-19 quarantine restrictions

Firstpost  

The violence comes as China reports new cases nationwide, with 2,230 cases reported Tuesday in the southern manufacturing and technology hub of Guangzhou Beijing: Police in northeastern China said that seven people have been arrested following a clash between residents and authorities enforcing COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. The violence comes as China reports new cases nationwide, with 2,230 cases reported Tuesday …

Covid: Residents clash with Chinese authorities over quarantine restrictions
2 years, 1 month ago

Covid: Residents clash with Chinese authorities over quarantine restrictions

India TV News  

Covid19 news : Chinese police on Tuesday said that at least seven people were arrested after a clash broke out between residents and authorities over the enforcement of quarantine restrictions. A news release from the police department in the Shandong city of Linyi said public security would take strong measures against those who “illegally violated the legal rights of personal …

Vietnam eyes China’s tech crown as firms tire of ‘zero COVID’
2 years, 2 months ago

Vietnam eyes China’s tech crown as firms tire of ‘zero COVID’

Al Jazeera  

Apple, Google, and Samsung are among the tech giants expanding operations in the fast-growing Southeast Asian country. “Vietnam has been getting a high volume of foreign direct investment since trade tensions with China flared and China’s factory labour costs started rising rapidly nearly 10 years ago,” David Dapice, economist with the Vietnam Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School, told Al Jazeera. …

Cross-border controls impeding supply chains in Southeast Asia
2 years, 11 months ago

Cross-border controls impeding supply chains in Southeast Asia

Hindustan Times  

Just as the world had started moving towards greater openness away from the closure of borders since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic almost two years ago, the recent global upsurge of the Omicron variant again has affected supply chain networks, as at least 56 countries have re-imposed certain forms of travel restrictions. Southeast Asia’s position in global trade comes …

Covid-19: Vietnam Welcomes First Foreign Tourists in Nearly 20 Months
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19: Vietnam Welcomes First Foreign Tourists in Nearly 20 Months

News 18  

The first international tourists touched down in Vietnam almost 20 months after the Southeast Asian nation closed its borders to contain the coronavirus. Two charter flights brought more than 400 South Korean and Japanese fully vaccinated passengers from Seoul and Tokyo on Thursday to the southern resort city of Nha Trang, state media reported. The flights came ahead of Vietnam’s …

China doubles down on COVID-zero strategy
3 years, 1 month ago

China doubles down on COVID-zero strategy

Al Jazeera  

A 5,000 room quarantine facility in Guangzhou is an indication China has no plans to ease strict border controls even as other countries adopt new strategies. “I live in Auckland and when I heard New Zealand was opening up, I thought the same day for China would come soon, too,” said Yang Guang, a Chinese national who studies in Auckland, …

Guangxi border trade with Vietnam surges by over 90% from Jan-Aug
3 years, 2 months ago

Guangxi border trade with Vietnam surges by over 90% from Jan-Aug

China Daily  

The import and export volume of Guangxi's border trade in the first eight months of 2021 expanded by 92.2 percent year on year to 28.96 billion yuan, said Yang Chunting, director of the Department of Commerce of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Oct 11. The region's border trade volume has continued to rank among the top border provinces and autonomous …

Vietnam deploys troops to enforce strict coronavirus lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City
3 years, 4 months ago

Vietnam deploys troops to enforce strict coronavirus lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City

ABC  

Vietnamese soldiers have been deployed on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City to help enforce a lockdown in the country's business hub, which has become the epicentre of its worst coronavirus outbreak so far during the pandemic. Key points: Under the new restrictions, Ho Chi Minh City residents are prohibited from leaving their homes The city has mobilised troops …

Border security stressed in epidemic prevention
3 years, 4 months ago

Border security stressed in epidemic prevention

China Daily  

By Zhang Yangfei| chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2021-08-05 China will strengthen border entry and exit control to prevent the import of COVID-19 cases, an official of the National Immigration Administration said on Wednesday. Liu Haitao, director-general of the administration's Department of Frontier Inspection and Management, said at a news briefing staff members at ports will strictly inspect overseas flights and vessels as …

China reports spike in new COVID cases on border with Myanmar
3 years, 5 months ago

China reports spike in new COVID cases on border with Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

Surge at China border comes as UN warns that Myanmar could be at risk of becoming a ‘super-spreader state’. China has reported its highest daily increase in new confirmed COVID-19 cases since January, driven by an outbreak in Yunnan province, which shares a border with Myanmar, where the coronavirus is surging due to the spread of the Delta variant. Mainland …

China-ASEAN trade grows 7.7% in Q3 amid pandemic
4 years, 1 month ago

China-ASEAN trade grows 7.7% in Q3 amid pandemic

China Daily  

A cargo ship docks at Qinzhou Port in China-ASEAN Free Trade Area in Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on July 11, 2020. JAKARTA -- China's trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the first three quarters of the year reached $481.8 billion, accounting for one seventh of China's foreign trade, and bilateral trade grew 7.7 percent in the …

Vietnam Says Every City, Province Now at Risk of Virus Infection
4 years, 4 months ago

Vietnam Says Every City, Province Now at Risk of Virus Infection

News 18  

Vietnam, virus-free for months, was bracing for another wave of COVID-19 infections on Wednesday after state media reported new cases in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands linked to a recent outbreak in the central city of Danang. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the current wave of infections was different to the second wave Vietnam fought …

Vietnam curbs movement in city of 1.1 million as virus-free run ends
4 years, 4 months ago

Vietnam curbs movement in city of 1.1 million as virus-free run ends

Live Mint  

Vietnam will suspend all flights and public transport into and out of a city of 1.1 million people where the country's first coronavirus cases in months were recently detected, authorities said Monday. But fresh restrictions on movement, including stopping buses and taxis within the city, were announced following the discovery of Vietnam's first locally transmitted COVID-19 infection in nearly 100 …

Vietnam bans wildlife imports and markets amid concerns over coronavirus spread
4 years, 5 months ago

Vietnam bans wildlife imports and markets amid concerns over coronavirus spread

ABC  

Vietnam has announced it will ban wildlife imports and close wildlife markets in response to renewed concerns about the threat from diseases that can jump from animals to humans, such as the virus that causes COVID-19. Key points: Vietnam has long been a large market for illegal wildlife products due to their use in traditional medicine Australia has pushed for …

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