The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is collecting opinions on amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 14/2018/ND-CP detailing border trade activities in order to speed up the shift to official export.

Border guard units from the northern Vietnamese province of Dien Bien and the Chinese province of Yunnan carried out a joint patrol on July 7 to promote coordination in border management and protection, maintaining security and order in border areas.

The Government recently issued Decree 46/2023/ND-CP regulating the supply and use of cross-border insurance services in Vietnam.

Vietnam and Cambodia have always closely cooperation in border management and protection, security and order maintenance, and crime combat in the border area, Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on July 3.

The animal health sector has been strengthening animal and animal product quarantine and inspection to early detect avian influenza outbreaks and prevent the spread of the disease.

The number of enterprises exporting goods to China via Mong Cai International Border gate in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh increased to 694 in the first half of this year, 70% higher than that of the same period last year.

The international road passenger transport route between the Mu La Thang border gate in Vietnam’s Lai Chau province and the Jin Shuihe border gate in China’s Yunnan province has been opened to traffic following a ceremony on June 13.

VOV.VN - As of June 27 instant noodles exported from the nation to the EU market will not be required to be accompanied by a food safety inspection certificate issued by a competent Vietnamese agency.

Each company has to spend about 14.9 hours to complete a cross-border trade transaction and incur direct costs of around VND3.8 million (US$165) for logistics services, according to the 2022 Administrative Procedure Compliance Costs Index (APCI) report.

VOV.VN - The Customs Department of the central province of Quang Tri stated on June 8 that they had arrested two Lao nationals after they had attempted to transport 18,000 pills of synthetic drugs into Vietnam.