The project is expected to intensify trade connection; and facilitate import and export activities. (Photo: VNA) An Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of An Gianghas recently proposed to the Ministry of Planning and Investment to considersupporting the local authorities in building a logistics centre at the TinhBien International Border Gate in Tinh Bien town, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee LeVan Phuoc.
Covering an area of 25.1 ha, the project is estimated to have total investment of 239 billion VND(over 9.8 million USD) sourced from the State budget. It willbe implemented from 2024 to 2027.
Phuoc said that the project aims to fully tap the advantages forthe development of logistics, trade, and services at the border gate; promotethe role of international border gates in connecting the Mekong Delta regionand Cambodia's Phnom Penh capital city.
It is also expected to intensify trade connection; and facilitateimport and export activities, tourism and services, and border economicdevelopment, thus creating a motivation for the locality’s socio-economicdevelopment.
The Tinh Bien International Border Gate holds a crucial positionin both economic development and national security as it serves as a goods transitpoint between the southern provinces of Vietnam and Cambodia. The annual averageimports and exports turnover through the border gate reaches hundreds ofmillions of US dollars and gradually increases through years, hitting 628.78million USD in 2022, accounting for nearly 24% of the border import-export turnoverof the locality.
The early establishment of a logistics centre at the Tinh BienInternational Border Gate is needed for sustainable border economic developmentin An Giang following the province's socio-economic and trade development direction,and border economic cooperation between Vietnam and Cambodia, Phuoc stressed.
Sharing a 100km-long borderline with Kandal and Takeo provincesof Cambodia, AnGiang is deemed to possess competitive advantages in import–export activities betweenthe two countries through border gate pairs. The locality also serves as a gatefor domestic goods to access other ASEAN countries./.
