Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh has been on a working visit to China

Beijing (VNA) – Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh has been on a working visit to
China at the invitation of Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren from Aug. 11-17.

During the visit, Minister Xie received the Vietnamese counterpart and his delegation.

The two sides discussed recent economic and financial developments in each country
and agreed that boosting cooperation exchanges between the two ministries
contributed to enhancing the traditional friendship and the comprehensive strategic
cooperative partnership between the two countries.

Minister Xie described the visit by the Vietnamese delegation as a practical
activity to celebrate the 60 th anniversary of China-Vietnam diplomatic ties.

The Vietnamese delegation also met with Governor of the People’s Bank of China
Zhou Xiaochuan, exchanging views on the impacts of the global financial crisis and
measures to stablise the macro economy in the global economic slowdown, policies on
interest rates, foreign exchange reserves and banking management.

Minister Ninh and his entourage also met the President of China Securities
Regulatory Commission Shang Fulin.

They had a working session with Head of the Financial Science Research Institute of
the Chinese Finance Ministry Jia Kang and a number of Chinese financial experts on
experiences in coping with the global economic crisis and Chinese policies on
management of labour and land of equitised enterprises.

The Vietnamese delegation visited Shanghai from Aug. 15-17.-Enditem