STORY: China-Vietnam trade heating up as RCEP boosts freight train trips
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:55
LOCATION: NANNING, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the China-Vietnam freight train service
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG HONGJUN, Business Manager, Guangxi Tiejie Logistics Co., Ltd.

STORYLINE:

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has been a catalyst for the booming cross-border trade between China and Vietnam.

As of Dec. 31, 2023, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has launched 382 China-Vietnam freight trains since the RCEP took effect in 2022.

205,400 tonnes of import and export goods were transported by China-Vietnam freight trains in the period, such as drinks, food, diesel engines and building materials.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG HONGJUN, Business Manager, Guangxi Tiejie Logistics Co., Ltd.
"Our goods have been regularly delivered via China-Vietnam freight train service, with 2-3 trains every week on average. This year, we will continue to expand the goods transport via railway, and deliver more specialty products of Guangxi, such as food, daily necessities, machinery and equipment, to the overseas market."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China.
(XHTV)