The 2005 Vietnam-China international trade fair will be held in Vietnam's northern border gate economic zone of Lao Cai from November 2-6.

The fair will house 500 booths, showing the two countries' products including rubber, coffee, fruits, vegetable and seafood, according to Vietnamese Ministry of Trade on Monday.

The fair, which will be co-organized by the ministry, the People's Provincial Committee of Lao Cai and China's Yunnan province, aims to boost trade between the two countries.

Vietnam and China posted two-way trade of 6.74 billion US dollars in 2004, up 45.3 percent against 2003, according to China' s statistics.

(Xinhua News Agency July 25, 2005)