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With key agricultural products such as lychee, durian, mango, longan and dragon fruit entering the peak harvest season, Vietnamese authorities are stepping up efforts to streamline customs clearance at border gates to prevent congestion and market oversupply.
A wide range of Vietnamese agricultural products are entering the peak harvest time, resulting in thousands of trucks arriving daily at the border gates in Lạng Sơn province for export to China.
More than 300,000 tonnes of goods were traded through the crossing points of the Móng Cái International Border Gate as of late February, a 56.4 per cent increase year-on-year.
The total estimated value of confiscated goods exceeded VNĐ31.35 trillion (US$1.23 billion), marking a 12.5 per cent increase in cases and a 151.3 per cent surge in the value compared to the previous year.
The total trade of goods through the Kim Thành International Road Border Gate No. 2 in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai had exceeded US$1.6 million as of 2pm on January 1, of which nearly $929,000 came from exports.
The National Payment Corporation of Việt Nam (NAPAS) will expand its cross-border QR payment services with countries including China, Japan and the Republic of Korea in 2025.
Authorities of the northern border province of Lạng Sơn and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China held an online signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a pilot smart border gate.
The opening ceremony will take place at the Lóng Sập/Việt Nam – Pa Háng/Laos border area (near landmark 255), jointly organised and presided over by Sơn La and Hủa Phăn provinces.
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