Some 1,000 runners from Vietnam, China and countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) participated in the first International Friendship Marathon 2023, taking place in the border city of Mong Cai, Vietnam s northern border province of Quang Ninh, on December 3.
China's top diplomat Wang Yi will visit Vietnam from Thursday, two Vietnamese sources with knowledge of trip said on Wednesday. "He is expected to attend a Vietnam-China inter-government meeting in Hanoi on Friday," one of the sources said. Vietnam's and China's foreign ministries did not immediately respond to a requests for comment.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong agree to deepen maritime security cooperation between the two nations in the face of China's growing military assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region.