2015年CRI Observers: Economic Co-op Focus of President Xi's Vietnam Trip

 

China has been Vietnam's largest trading partner of Vietnam for the past 11 years.

Last year, Vietnam became China's second largest trading partner inside ASEAN.

A lot of the trade between the two sides is border-trade.

Nguyen Van Binh is the vice¹ chair of the People's Committee in the Vietnamese province of Lang Son, which borders Guangxi.

He says they're hoping Xi Jinping's upcoming visit might spur new opportunities.

"We hope President Xi's visit to Vietnam this time can bring Lang Son some new chances as well as enhance bilateral² cooperation in imports and exports and deepen the friendship between Lang Son and Guang Xi."

The province of Lang Son is considered a hub connecting trade among ASEAN countries moving goods into China.

Vietnam's Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Hong Truong says trade through the area is going to be improved through the infrastructure³ projects currently being worked on.

"In the transport sector⁴, there're many projects between Vietnam and China using Official Development Assistance from China such as the improvement of the railway signal system from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and from Hanoi to Lao Cai. And now we are developing the urban railway Cat Linh-Ha Dong which is the first urban railway using ODA from China. And this urban railway will be operated from 2016."

Apart from increased economic cooperation, its expected Xi Jinping's time in Vietnam is also going to include plans to promote cultural exchanges, particularly in the academic world.

Do Tien Sam, former head of Chinese studies with Vietnam's Academy of Social Sciences, says a focus on youth is expected.

"Because young people are the masters of the future for the two countries, we should have activities regularly, expand our target audience, and the scale of these activates⁵ to make it a platform for them to communicate with each other."

President Xi Jinping is due to spend two days in Vietnam before heading to Singapore.

For CRI, I am Yu Yang.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

3 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

4 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

5 activates   

使活动，起动，触发( activate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position. 激活窗口，保持当前的大小及位置不变。
• Pulling out the alarm switch activates alarm and pushing it deactivates it. 闹钟的开和关是通过拔出和按入闹铃开关实现的。