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China, Vietnam meet to discuss economic corridor development
VIETNAM—China and Vietnam
should focus on improving infrastructure in the two corridors involving
two southwestern Chinese cities and four northern Vietnamese localities,
Chinese ambassador to Vietnam said here Sunday at an international
seminar attended by the Chinese and the Vietnamese representatives.
At the seminar, entitled “Measures to develop Vietnam-China two economic
corridors and one belt in new contexts”, the Chinese ambassador Hu
Qianwen proposed that the two sides should regard areas along the roads
and railways in the two corridors, and ports and logistics services in
the Beibu gulf economic belt as major points for bilateral cooperation
on trade and investment.
China has improved and constructed necessary infrastructure networks in
the two corridors very well, he said, adding that it is most important
for the two sides, especially Vietnam, to improve transport systems.
At the one-day seminar, representatives from Vietnamese ministries and
research institutes stated that the two sides should center on seeking
funds and human resources to facilitate the construction of the two
corridors and the belt, especially their infrastructure networks.
“Most important measure is speeding up cooperation on building
socioeconomic infrastructure, including expressways, rail routes,
seaports, power plants, telecommunications networks, wastewater
treatment plants, and infrastructure of border areas,” Nguyen Ba An,
vice director of the Development Strategy Institute under the Ministry
of Planning and Investment, said, adding that the two sides should
prioritize construction of expressways of Kunming-Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai
Phong, and Nanning-Lang Son-Hanoi-Hai Phong.
In May 2004, the governments of China and Vietnam agreed to develop the
two economic corridors, and the Beibu Gulf economic belt involving
China’s Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao, and 10 coastal
localities of Vietnam, to speed up socioeconomic development of the
involved cities and provinces, as well as their trade and economic ties
with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.—Xinhua |
