Vietnam-China partnership aimed to solidify cross-border aluminum value chain

China's Yunnan Province and Vietnam are joining in an economic collaboration, opening avenues for building an integrated, cross-border aluminum industrial chain. Anchored in the Red River basin's 7+8 cooperation mechanism, the partnership is increasingly shifting from conventional trade to high-value industrial cooperation.

Under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Yunnan-Vietnam ties are moving beyond border trade towards deeper industrial and service cooperation, which is considered an essential transition for long-term sustainability. Speaking at the China-Vietnam Import-Export Business Networking Conference, Deputy Director at Vietnam's Trade Promotion Department, Ms Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, commented on Yunnan's