The Yiwu-Hanoi international freight train, the first international logistics rail from Zhejiang to Southeast Asia, set off at 10:10 a.m. on October 10, marking the official opening of Yiwu’s 13th route of the China Railway Express (CRE).

The freight train is loaded with electronic accessories, colored steel plates, plastic products, and other goods produced in the Yangtze River Delta. It departed from Pingxiang Port in Guangxi and headed toward Anyuan Station in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The distance totals 2,168 km. When the supply of goods scales up and the line is fully operational, one CRE train will be put into operation every week.

Economic and trade cooperation between Yiwu and Vietnam has been gaining momentum, and bilateral trade has reached new heights in the last few years. In 2019, the total value of imports and exports between the two was 2.857 billion RMB, a year-over-year increase of 59.01%; of which exports from Yiwu accounted for 2.433 bn RMB and imports totaled 424 million RMB. From January to August 2020, the total import and export volume was 3.241 bn RMB, an increase of 75.09% year over year; of which exports were 2.953 bn RMB and imports were 288m RMB. Zhejiang exports a large quantity of machinery and equipment, electronic products, textile yarns, fabrics and fabric products, clothing, and clothing accessories to Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries every year, while Vietnam’s tropical fruits, rice, coffee, and dried fruits are favored by Chinese consumers nationwide. (By Xu Zhaohui, translated by Zhang Jiajia, edited by Kendra Fiddler)

我市开通全省首条 至东南亚班列

10月10日10时10分，首趟义乌至河内国际货运班列鸣笛启程，标志着义乌第13条中欧（亚）班列线路正式投入运营。这也是浙江首次开行至东南亚国家的铁路国际物流班列。

该趟货运班列满载着长三角生产的电子配件、彩钢板、塑料制品等货物，计划从广西凭祥口岸出境，驶往越南首都河内的安员车站，全程2168公里。今后货源形成规模、开行模式成熟后，计划每周开行1列。

据悉，义乌与越南经贸合作关系发展势头良好，双边贸易连年上新台阶。2019年，进出口总额28.57亿元，同比增长59.01%；其中出口24.33亿元，进口4.24亿元。2020年1—8月，进出口总额32.41亿元，同比增长75.09%；其中出口29.53亿元，进口2.88亿元。浙江每年向越南等国出口大量的机械设备、电子产品、纺织纱线、织物及制品、服装及衣着附件等商品，越南的热带水果、大米、咖啡、干果等深受国内消费者青睐。（记者 徐朝晖）