Ceremony to mark upgrade of Vietnamese - Chinese border gates into int’l ones

A ceremony is scheduled to be held in late December to officially announce the upgrade of the pair of Tra Linh (Vietnam) - Longbang (China) border gates into international ones.
Ceremony to mark upgrade of Vietnamese - Chinese border gates into int’l ones ảnh 1The border guard post of the Tra Linh border gate in Cao Bang province (Photo: VNA)

Cao Bang (VNA) – A ceremony is scheduled to be held in late December toofficially announce the upgrade of the pair of Tra Linh (Vietnam) - Longbang (China)border gates into international ones.

The People’sCommittee of the northern province of Cao Bang had talks with leaders of the People’sGovernment of Baise city, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, at TraLinh border gate in Trung Khanh district on December 14 to discuss thepreparations for the ceremony.

Chairmanof the Cao Bang People’s Committee Hoang Xuan Anh emphasised that the officialannouncement of the upgrade of the Tra Linh - Longbang border gates intointernational ones and the opening of the Na Doong - Na Ray border crossing willbe an important landmark demonstrating the development of cooperation betweenCao Bang and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, as well as between Vietnamand China.

It willalso help further reinforce and promote bilateral partnerships, particularly intrade in goods, especially farm produce, tourism, and people-to-peopleexchanges, he noted.

CaoBang and Baise currently have the pair of Soc Giang - Pingmeng border gates,the pair of Tra Linh - Longbang international border gates that include the NaDoong - Na Ray crossing, the pair of Po Peo - Yuewei border gates, and the DinhPhong - Xinxing border crossing, of which the two last ones haven’t had tradingactivities since they haven’t been upgraded.

Anhasked the two sides to coordinate to handle procedures to create conditions forborder residents to trade goods.

For hispart, Mayor of Baise city Ge Guoke basically agreed on the ceremony organisationplan and also concurred in the cooperation orientations for different areas,including services, trade, and cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

He expressedhis hope that Cao Bang will create conditions for Chinese businesses to makeinvestment in the spirit of cooperation for common development.

Ge also said hehopes after the talks, bilateral agreements will be carried out in the mosteffective manner by sectors of both sides./.

VNA

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