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.
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.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam has visited and held meetings with the administrations and customs departments of China’s Guangxi and Yunnan provinces in an effort to facilitate farm produce exports via northern border gates of Vietnam.
Smart border gate control should be launched to prevent congestion and facilitate cross-border trade in farm products between Vietnam and China.
VOV.VN - As a major international border gate connecting China with Vietnam, trade activities at Dong Hung (Dongxing) border gate have rapidly recovered over recent times.
Improving product quality coupled with infrastructure was critical to promoting cross-border trade via official channels with China.
There is ample room for Vietnam and China’s localities, particularly Guangxi province, to boost trade collaboration, said Deputy Director of the city’s Investment & Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) Nguyen Tuan.
Vietnam's agricultural product exports to China are facing increasing difficulties due to tightening export requirements, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Secretary of the Party Committee of Lang Son province Nguyen Quoc Doan held talks with Liu Ning, Secretary of the Party Committee of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in Lang Son city on March 30, during which they discussed measures to further expand border trade cooperation.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is seeking public comments on a legal draft amending Decree No. 14 on cross-border commercial activities.