Quang Ninh sees clearance of nearly 200 trucks via border gates, crossings with China

Trucks under customs clearance process at the Mong Cai border gate (Photo: VNA)

Quang Ninh (VNA) – Close to 200 trucks carryinggoods were cleared to cross the border as of 1 pm on January 10, after China’s Guangxi provinceofficially resumed customs clearance at border gates and border crossings inits Dongxing city bordering Mong Cai city of Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province,including bridges Bac Luan 1 and Bac Luan 2, and pontoon bridge Km 3 4.

The resumption came after a hiatus of nearly 20 days,according to the Mong Cai customs sub-department. Of the trucks, 44transported fresh seafood for export and 51 served the import of differenttypes of products, with most of the remaining trucks being those trapped duringthe hiatus.

The sub-department said as of 1pm, there were more than 1,300 trucks,mostly transporting frozen and fresh seafood and fresh fruit, left to becleared.

The clearance duration for each truck is between 5 and 10minutes in line with strict pandemic prevention and control measures, itinformed.

Previously, to review and strengthen COVID-19 prevention andcontrol measures, Guangxi temporarily suspended customs clearance at bordergates in Dongxing city from December 21, 2021. These freshly reopened pairs ofborder gates and border crossings are very important for imports and exports ofboth sides./.

VNA