Vietnam, China seeks to facilitate customs clearance at border gates

Trung affirmed that Vietnam attaches great importance to ensuring smooth border trade between Vietnam and China, especially at border gates between Vietnam and Guangxi, including Pingxiang city. He noted leaders of relevant ministries, agencies and localities of the two sides have repeatedly exchanged ideas aimed at easing congestion and ensuring smooth border trade.

Localities, especially those bordering Guangxi, have thoroughly realized the common perception between the two sides, placing emphasis on cooperation with Guangxi in cross-border epidemic prevention and control.

He requested that Pingxiang city continue to closely coordinate with Lang Son province of Vietnam to facilitate border trade and improve customs clearance efficiency so as to bring practical benefits for the two sides in the context of the complicated development of the epidemic.

The two sides need to continue to closely coordinate and strengthen the exchange of effective measures on all channels to ensure cooperation in pandemic control in the border area on the one hand, and develop pandemic control measures on the other hand, in order to ramp up border trade, contributing to socio-economic development of each side, he said.

Sharing the view, Mayor Wu Xiaohui affirmed that the authorities of Guangxi province, including Pingxiang city, are keen to deal with the backlog to facilitate customs clearance in the border area between the two sides.

He proposed several specific measures to gradually improve the efficiency of customs clearance, saying the two sides need to well implement the common perception regarding COVID-19 control agreed upon over the past time.