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Vietnam, Cambodia seek to reduce congestion at border gate

Vietnamese Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The and Cambodian Minister for Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol made a fact-finding trip to Moc Bai – Bavet border gate to seek ways to reduce congestion in customs clearance of goods and passengers there.
Vietnam, Cambodia seek to reduce congestion at border gate ảnh 1At the working session between Vietnamese Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The and Cambodian Minister for Public Work and Transport Sun Chanthol (Photo: VNA)

Tay Ninh (VNA) – VietnameseMinister of Transport Nguyen Van The and Cambodian Minister for Public Worksand Transport Sun Chanthol made a fact-finding trip to Moc Bai – Bavet bordergate to seek ways to reduce congestion in customs clearance of goods andpassengers there.

According to The, the Vietnamese and Cambodiangovernments signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the initialimplementation of the Greater Mekong Subregion Cross-Border Transport Agreement(GMS-CBAT) at the Moc Bai – Bavet border gate in March 2006.

One of the important contents of the MoU is to conducta one-stop shop model at the border gate, he said, asking the Cambodian side towork with Vietnam to realise this plan.

As the waiting time for clearance of goods andpassengers at the gate is too long (about 3-5 hours), the Vietnamese ministersuggested expand lanes for vehicles.

He said Vietnam’s southern province of Tay Ninhhas arranged a land area of 16.5 hectares at the Moc Bai border gate to combinewith the opposite land plot of over one hectares in the Cambodian side to forma common import-export inspection area for the two sides.

In the near future, it is possible to expandthis area to 50 hectares, while planning roads to make it easier for the twosides’ inspection forces and reduce the time of transport, The added.

He recommended establishing a joint steeringcommittee to implement the one-stop shop model at the border gate, and instructingtransport businesses to conduct e-declaration to reduce administrativeprocedures at the border gate.

The Cambodian minister agreed that theimplementation of the one-stop shop inspection will facilitate the travelling ofvehicles.

He said Cambodia agrees to use the commoninspection area as proposed by the Vietnamese minister.

He asked the Vietnamese transport ministry todesign and map out the area and connecting roads to submit to the twogovernments for approval./.

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