Vietnam, Laos ensure smooth transport at Bo Y-Phu Cua border gate
The results came out during a working trip by a
joint team of the Vietnam-Laos and Laos-Vietnam Cooperation Committees to
Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on May 26.
The visit aimed to inspect the implementation of
the Hanoi Agreement, which was formed to facilitate the travel of people and
transport of goods via the Bo Y (in Kon Tum)- Phu Cua (in Laos’ Attapeu
province) border gate.
Over the past ten years, the two sides also
exchanged information regarding relevant policies and administrative procedures
in each country.
In the first four months of this year, more than
63,500 people and over 9,000 vehicles traversed through the border gate with
import-export turnover reaching nearly 65 million USD, contributing over 79
billion VND (3.5 million USD) to the State budget.
Authorities of Kon Tum and Attapeu provinces
suggested upgrading Road 18B connecting Bo Y and Attapeu in order to ensure
better movement of goods after the road is linked with the Bo Y –Gia Lai
expressway and the Ho Chi Minh City-Da Nang route.
At the same time, the agreement should be
amended and supplemented to create more favourable conditions for the
transportation, thus fostering trade cooperation between the two countries,
they said.-VNA