On October 29th, the Sino-Vietnam Reform and Development Forum was held in the Eastern Hotel. This forum was host by Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences and Ho Chi Minh National Political Administrative Institute. More than 70 Chinese and Vietnamese government officials, scholars and enterprisers took part in the forum. The topic of the forum is: Economic and Trade Cooperation and Development under the Framework of ASEAN Tree Trade Area. Professor Yang Shaogang, editor of"The strategic decision"of Guangdong Research Institute for International Strategies and Professor Liu Jisen, Deputy Secretary-general, and ASEAN experts of the Institute, and Professor Lin Minghua, senior scholar in Vietnam issues attended the forum.