Opening of the 20th China-ASEAN Expo

On September 17, at the Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center, Guangxi, China, the Opening Ceremony of the 20th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO 2023) took place. Attending the opening ceremony were Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh and senior leaders of China and ASEAN.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh along with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and leaders of ASEAN countries attended the Opening Ceremony of the 20th CAEXPO and CABIS.

Speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the 20th China-ASEAN Expo, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized: ASEAN countries, including Vietnam, always recognize China's important contributions in promoting cooperation. cooperation and common prosperity in the region. Vietnam supports cooperation and assistance in the spirit of openness, sincerity, trust, equality, connecting the belt and road for common prosperity of peoples in the region and the world. Vietnam wishes to continue with China and ASEAN countries to urgently complete negotiations to upgrade version 3.0 of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement; upgrading road and rail transport infrastructure connections; Piloting and expanding the smart border gate model to better meet the investment, business, trade, culture and tourism needs of the business community and people of each country. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed that China and ASEAN countries strongly promote balanced and sustainable development of bilateral trade, striving to make ASEAN China's first trade partner to exceed a turnover of 1,000 billion USD.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spoke at the 20th China-ASEAN Fair.

The 20th CAEXPO fair had about 1,700 businesses from many countries around the world attending with big brands, high quality products and services, and modern technology.

Vietnam's trade pavilion continues to have the largest scale after host country China, with nearly 200 booths displaying on an area of nearly 5,000 square meters. Many high-quality Vietnamese products were introduced, attracting visitors to shop such as: Trung Nguyen Coffee, Binh Tien Footwear, Vinh Tien food, Vinh Hiep agricultural products and many other strong products. such as: agricultural products, processed foods, tourism investment, consumer goods, handicrafts and wood products...