Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has asked ministries and localities to work with the Chinese side to reopen some border gates, the Government’s Office said in a notice.

Close to 200 trucks carrying goods were cleared to cross the border as of 1 pm on January 10, after China’s Guangxi province officially resumed customs clearance at border gates and border crossings in its Dongxing city bordering Mong Cai city of Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade said on January 10 that China’s Guangxi province officially resumed customs clearance at border gates and border crossings in its Dongxing city bordering Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province, including bridges Bac Luan 1 and Bac Luan 2, and pontoon bridge Km 3+4.

China has announced the reopening of Pingmeng border gate with Vietnam’s Soc Giang border gate in Cao Bang province from 10:00 on January 7.

VOV.VN - Approximately 4,000 of container trucks, the majority of which are carrying fruits, have been left stranded in the northern province of Lang Son after China recently introduced tougher COVID-19 safety measures, thereby causing fresh difficulties to the daily lives of thousands of drivers.

Vietnam and Laos held an online meeting to review the pilot implementation of the one-stop-shop inspection model at the Lao Bao (Quang Tri) – Densavan (Savannakhet) border gate pair on December 29.

Preliminary treatment centers and cold storage warehouses along the border and systematic logistics chains are both needed, experts said.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu has had a phone conversation with Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Wu Jianghao to examine measures to clear a huge backlog of truck drivers stranded at border gates of the two countries.

VOV.VN - With thousands of container trucks left stranded at northern border gates due to China’s tightened COVID-19 prevention measures, experts have suggested that businesses diversify export markets instead of relying on a single market, among other solutions.

VOV.VN - Along with regulating backlogged goods at border gates, official exports by sea and rail freight should be encouraged, Nong Duc Lai, trade counselor of the Vietnamese Embassy in in China, said in a recent interview a granted to a VOV correspondent in Beijing.