Leaders of the northern Dien Bien province of Vietnam and Phongsaly province of Laos announced the opening of Nam Dich - Huoi Hia border crossing at an inauguration ceremony in Nam Dich hamlet of Dien Bien's Nam Po district on May 15.

Improving product quality coupled with infrastructure was critical to promoting cross-border trade via official channels with China.

VOV.VN - Border guards in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa said on April 27 that they have arrested two Lao nationals for transporting 15,000 pills of synthetic drugs into Vietnam.

The northern border gates have been restored after three years of stagnation, helping Vietnam's import-export turnover with China through the northern border provinces increase by 242% in the first quarter of this year over the same period last year.

VOV.VN - Relevant ministries, agencies and localities of Vietnam and Cambodia will continue to improve and develop appropriate legal frameworks and cooperation mechanisms in order to create favourable conditions for cooperation between the two countries’ border localities.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of the Interior Krolahom Sar Kheng co-chaired the 12th conference on cooperation and development of border localities between Vietnam and Cambodia in Tay Ninh province on April 25.

Authorities of the northern border province of Lang Son had a working session with a delegation from the Thai Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and Thai Embassy in Vietnam, led by the MOC’s Permanent Secretary Keerati Rushchano, to discuss creating favourable for the transport of fruits from Thailand to China via border gates in Lang Son.

Trade officials from Vietnam’s northern border province of Lao Cai and Honghe county of the neighbouring Chinese province of Yunnan visited the Mekong Delta province of Long An on April 23, seeking to form partnerships with local agricultural production, processing, and exporting companies.

The Vietnam-China trade exchange programme opened in Can Tho city on April 21, with 150 Mekong Delta and 13 Chinese firms taking part.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien and Secretary of State of the Cambodian Ministry of National Defene General Neang Phat co-hosted the sixth Vietnam - Cambodia Defence Policy Dialogue held at the border post of Moc Bai International Border Gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh.