背景资料：
中国和越南16日签署一项关于建设横跨云南省河口及越南老街之间的红河公路桥的协议。
中国交通部副部长翁孟勇在签字仪式上说，中越两国山水相连，经济互补性很强，双边经贸合作潜力巨大。红河大桥的建设将有助于促进两国货物运输和旅游业的发展，为全面推动双边经贸合作的发展，特别是中越两个经济走廊的建设产生积极作用。
老街省人民委员会副主席阮玉金表示，当前，中越双方正积极改造交通运输网，以促进两国货运及客运业的发展。中越红河公路桥的建设体现了两国全面友好合作关系的发展，希望两国相关部门为这一项目的实施创造便利条件，使其能按时于今年3月份动工并于2007年投入使用，为增强老街与河口两地间的合作，特别是推动两国经贸合作关系的发展做出贡献。
阮玉金说，近年来，老街与河口两地之间的进出口贸易以年均30%的速度增长。现有的两座大桥已严重超载，远远满足不了两国经贸合作发展的需求。2005年，老街与河口两地的货物运输量达220万吨，客运约140万人次。预计到2012年，双边贸易额可达10亿美元。新的红河大桥建成后将为未来两地经贸合作的发展创造便利条件。
China, Vietnam to Build Bridge over Red River
The Vietnamese government has just approved an agreement between Vietnam and
China on building a bridge over the Red River to facilitate transport of
passengers and goods.
Construction of the bridge, linking Vietnamese northern Lao Cai province with
Hekou county in China's Yunnan province, is expected to start late this month,
and open to traffic in mid-2007.The building of the bridge will help facilitate
the development of two economic corridors and the Beibu Gulf economic belt
involving many Chinese and Vietnamese localities.
The four-lane bridge, 21.5 meters in width and 295 meters in length, will
also help promote tourism and trade exchanges between Vietnam's northwestern
region and China's southwestern region.
In 2005, over 2.2 million tons of cargoes and 1.4 million passengers went
through the international border gate of Lao Cai-Hekou, causing overload for the
two existing bridges, according to officials from the Lao Cai People's
Committee.
Vietnam's import and export turnover with China via the border gate has
annually grown 15 percent in recent years, according to the committee. The
figure is expected to surpass 1 billion U.S. dollars in 2012.
Economic and trade relations between the two countries have gained
encouraging results in recent years. China's statistics show the bilateral trade
surged 21.6 percent to reach 8.2 billion dollars in 2005. Of the total, China
exported 5.64 billion dollars worth of goods to and imported 2.55 billion
dollars, up 32.5 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively.
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