Lang Son ensures smooth trade activities at border gates during Tet

Trucks are seen at Huu Nghi International Border Gate. (Photo: VNA)

Lang Son (VNA) – The northern province of Lang Son, home to seven border gates with robust trade activities, has rolled out various measures to ensure smooth flows for goods during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

In the run-up to the New Year, the flows of goods, people and vehicles through the Chi Ma, Coc Nam, Tan Thanh, Na Nua, Na Hinh and Huu Nghi border gates have doubled and even tripled the figures recorded in normal days.

Around 4,000 passengers undergo immigration procedures at the Huu Nghi International Border Gate from 7am to 10pm every day.

Major Pham Tuan Hung, head of the border guard station of the Huu Nghi International Border Gate, said that as the number of passengers traveling through the border gate has increased during Tet, eight booths have been arranged at the site to guide and help passengers with immigration procedures.

Hung added that the border guard force has also routinely conducted patrols around the gate to detect and prevent any violations.

According to Deputy Head of the Huu Nghi Border Gate Customs Branch Phung Van Ba, along with arranging officers to handle business procedures, the customs authority has enhanced examination of customs declarations to prevent cross-border trade fraud.

While at the Na Hinh border gate where trade activities have been resumed since July, soldiers have been on duty to regulate vehicles and settle emerging issues so as to improve the efficiency of the border gate management.

Lieutenant Colonel Hoang Van Thuan, head of the Na Hinh border guard station, said the station has also joined hands with competent authorities to facilitate trading while averting border crimes./.

VNA