Bilateral pacts cover possible investments in rail links, security, plus telecoms and digital data, but analysts said any boost in ties could be more symbolic than real

Chinese leader, who began a 2-day visit to Hanoi on Tuesday, wants Vietnam to embrace a 'common future', but anti-Chinese sentiment is still widespread in the Southeast Asian nation

China says the US Treasury's move to block tax credits for electric vehicles if they have batteries or other parts from China violates world trade policies

Prices of the key EV battery metal have already tumbled close to 80% this year with supply outpacing the rise in demand

Officials from China and Vietnam are discussing a possible upgrade of their rail links, including an historic line through part of northern Vietnam with large rare earth deposits

A flurry of approvals of new coal-fired plants in recent years spurs fear over China's climate pledges – and the huge task for the world to meet its global warming targets

Spot lithium prices in the world's top producer of the battery metal were effectively down close to 80% year-on-year

The fund’s push to remove Northern Minerals' chairman comes after the miner asked Australian authorities to investigate whether ‘Chinese interests’ were trying to bypass an earlier ban on greater stake in the firm

The electric battery industry is hugely reliant on raw materials, or completed batteries, sourced from China and other Asian nations

Asian markets were mixed on Tuesday, with stocks in China flat, while shares in Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Australia rose

Beijing's bid to upgrade manufacturing of high-tech goods like chips, solar panels, lithium batteries and EVs has led to concern the world will be flooded with an excess of such products

US lithium miner will meet investors in Allkem Australian in coming days ahead of vote on $10.6-billion merger next month