Trucks move on the Km3+4 Hai Yen pontoon bridge of Mong Cai International Border Gate in Quang Ninh province. (Photo: VNA) More than 62,000 tonnes ofgoods was exported and imported via Mong Cai's border gates and crossings between January 1 and February 7,raising trade turnover here since the year’s beginning to over 400 million USD,up 27 percent from the same period of 2021.
To obtain this result, localauthorities proactively held talks with their counterparts of China’s Dongxingcity during the Lunar New Year holiday to ensure smooth export - import activitieswith safety from COVID-19 taken into account. They also ordered border gatesarrange sufficient personnel to guarantee trade and movement flows.
Besides, Chairman of theQuang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tuong Van demanded Mong Caicity and relevant forces carry out comprehensive and flexible measures to control the pandemic.
They were also told toenhance diplomatic efforts, including meetings and phone talks with the Chineseside, to tackle difficulties and facilitate trading activities, while graspinginformation in a timely manner to notify domestic businesses of the customsclearance situation in order to prevent congestion at border gates and crossings.
In the long term, the mostimportant factor for boosting export and import is to develop synchronous infrastructure. To do that, it is necessary to have more mechanisms promotinglogistic services, further encourage businesses to handle export - import proceduresin Mong Cai, press on with procedure simplification and modernisation, and stepup digital transformation and e-commerce in trading activities, according tothe official./.
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