Vietnamese, Chinese PMs hold first phone talks, pledge stronger bilateral cooperation
Vietnam News 15:06 16/06/2026Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and Chinese Premier Li Qiang held their first phone talks on Monday, agreeing to strengthen bilateral cooperation with a focus on railway connectivity, infrastructure development, trade, science and technology, and people-to-people exchanges.
China's pet owners splurge on preschools to pamper puppies
World 12:30 15/06/2026A new kind of preschool in China offers games, nibbles, treadmills and music for puppies, clawing out a fast-growing niche in a booming industry as youthful owners spend more on pets increasingly regarded as family.
Chinese infrastructure giant offers upfront financing for Ho Chi Minh City projects
Ho Chi Minh City 17:36 12/06/2026China’s Pacific Construction Group, one of the world's top 500 companies, has pledged to provide upfront financing for infrastructure projects in Ho Chi Minh City if they face funding difficulties.
Vietnam set to welcome new Chinese mini electric car
Economy 20:16 06/06/2026Zhejiang Haotao Technology Co., Ltd., based in Zhejiang, China has submitted an industrial design registration for a compact electric vehicle, planning to debut the model in the Vietnamese market, according to records from the Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam.
Vietnam, China hold talks on East Vietnam Sea issues
Vietnam News 14:50 06/06/2026Vietnam and China have emphasized the importance of faithfully implementing the common understandings reached by senior leaders of the two countries, improving the management of maritime differences, and maintaining peace and stability in the East Vietnam Sea and the wider region.
Guangzhou Metro opens representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, deepens urban railway cooperation
Ho Chi Minh City 14:45 03/06/2026Guangzhou Metro Corporation officially inaugurated its representative office in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday evening, a new milestone in urban railway cooperation between the sister cities of Ho Chi Minh City and Guangzhou.
From hiking to hotpot, lonely consumers in China fuel a $7.4 billion companionship economy
World 16:03 02/06/2026On the stone steps leading up Mount Tai, one of China’s best-known peaks, hikers can book and pay for “climbing buddies” to walk with them, carry bags and take photos for a few hundred yuan.
Vietnam airport operator seeks stronger air connectivity with China
Travel 17:44 01/06/2026Vietnam Airports Corporation (ACV) hosted the ‘Vietnam-China Aviation and Tourism Connectivity’ program in Shanghai on Monday, seeking to strengthen air links and attract more Chinese visitors to Vietnam.
Former head of China's 'kung fu' temple sentenced to 24 years, state media reports
World 13:27 30/05/2026BEIJING - The former abbot of a Chinese temple famed as the birthplace of kung fu has been sentenced to 24 years in prison and fined 3.5 million yuan ($517,000) for crimes including embezzlement and bribery, state media reported on Friday.
A warning to critical minerals buyers: avoid butter mountains, aluminium floods
World 15:49 26/05/2026Western governments, currently ploughing tens of billions of dollars into critical minerals in an effort to break their reliance on China, could look to history to see how well-intentioned efforts to prop up commodity sectors can backfire.
Death toll jumps to 90 in China coal mine blast
World 14:39 23/05/2026The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province has jumped to 90, state media CCTV reported on Saturday.
Earthquake in China causes light tremors in Hanoi
Vietnam News 15:07 19/05/2026A magnitude-5.2 earthquake which struck Liuzhou in China on Monday evening caused residents in high-rise buildings in Hanoi to feel light tremors.
