China emerges as ASEAN’s top trading partner
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, as strategic partners, maintain a long-standing economic relationship marked by strong integration in trade and investment, said Lao Minister of Industry and Commerce Malaithong Kommasith at the 23rd ASEAN Economic Ministers - China Ministry of Commerce Consultation (AEM-MOFCOM) on September 22 in Vientiane, Laos.