Beijing, April 12 -- The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China is stepping up cooperation with Vietnamese localities through three key pillars "hard connectivity" in infrastructure, "soft connectivity" in trade and investment, and "people-to-people connectivity" through cultural exchanges.

In an interview with Vietnam News Agency correspondents in China, Wei Tao, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, stressed that infrastructure connectivity forms the foundation of cooperation, enabling smoother flows of goods and people.

Bordering Vietnam along 696 km, Guangxi has three cities and eight districts adjacent to Vietnam. In recent years, the region has actively expanded cross-bord...