People and export goods going through border gates in Mong Cai city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, will no longer have to undergo COVID-19 RT-PCR testing from January 8, according to the city’s administration.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong has emphasised the necessity to strengthen supervision and take more samples for COVID-19 testing at border gates besides maintaining the current pandemic prevention and control measures as usual.

VOV.VN - China is set to remove all nucleic acid testing measures in relation to COVID-19 prevention at border gates for imported commodities, including frozen goods, as of January 8, 2023, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh and Executive Vice Chairwoman of People's Government of China’s Guangxi Cai Lixin recently discussed measures to facilitate customs clearance of goods via border gates of the two countries.

VOV.VN - China’s Hekou city and Vietnam’s Lao Cai city will meet this month to discuss the full opening of border gates in Lao Cai, according to Hoang Dang Khoa, chairman of the Lao Cai municipal administration.

Chinese demand for fruit for the lunar new year holiday accounts for up to 50% of Vietnam’s total fruit exports. Experts warn that the products may get stuck at border gates.

The eighth dialogue between the Customs Departments of three northeast provinces - Lang Son, Cao Bang, Quang Ninh - and their counterpart in Nanning, China, took place in Lang Son on November 18 in virtual form.

VOV.VN - A total of 140 tonnes of fresh durians have been exported to China through the Kim Thanh II international border gate in the northern province of Lao Cai, according to figures released by local authorities.

VOV.VN - Border guards at the Moc Bai International Border Gate in the south-western province of Tay Ninh said on October 27 that they are co-operating with Cambodian authorities to repatriate more than 800 Vietnamese citizens who wish to return home.

Border guards at the Moc Bai international border gate, the southwestern province of Tay Ninh, on October 11 received 78 Vietnamese citizens from Cambodia.