Leader of Lang Son province presents a souvenir to Vice Governor of the People's Government of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Liao Pinhu (Photo: VNA) Huyen said Lang Son is the largesttransshipment area for Vietnam-China import and export goods by road, playing acrucial role in facilitating the export and import of Vietnamese agriculturalproducts to and from China. It serves as a vital route in promoting economicand trade exchanges between Vietnam, China, and ASEAN, and vice versa.
With the goalof further raising the customs clearance capacity at local border gates, the provincialauthorities directed departments and agencies to develop a pilot project on the construction of smart border gates at the specialised route fortransporting goods at Huu Nghi – Youyi Guan border gate. The project has nowbeen basically completed and submitted to the Prime Minister for approval, hesaid.
He proposed that authorities of Guangxi continue working with LangSon to promptly resume customs clearance activities at several pairs of bordergates between the two sides. Additionally, they should facilitate the customsclearance through these border gates and hold a ceremony to operate the route dedicated to goods transport through Tan Thanh (Vietnam) - Po Chai(China).
The host suggested the early resumption of customs clearance forgoods through the BinhNghi-Ping Erguan border gate pair, and the upgrade of it to a bilateral border gate and promotion of tourismactivities there.
Liao Pinhu, Vice Governor of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,wished that LangSon would promptly build smart border gates under the framework agreement already signed between the two sides.
He also urged the Vietnamese Government to implement theconstruction and upgrade of the Hanoi - Dong Dang railway route and continue withmeasures to facilitate customs clearance at border gates of both sides./.
VNA
