Custom officials of China’s Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has temporary shut down the border gate with Vietnam’s Lang Son Province to review their Covid-19 safety measures, according to Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Container trucks seen at Tan Thanh Border Gate in Lang Son Province.

They have found Covid-19 cases to be linked with drivers passing through the gate, the ministry added.

Lang Son authorities are working with Chinese officials to resume trade with safety measures imposed.

Last week, leaders of China-bordering provinces like Lang Son, Lao Cai, Quang Ninh and Cao Bang reported China had increased the frequency of examining and disinfecting products and vehicles due to fear of them carrying the novel coronavirus from Vietnam.

This has increased the time it takes for goods to be transported and caused occasional jams, they said.

Vietnam has recorded over 279,600 Covid-19 cases since the end of April.

China was Vietnam's second largest export market in the first seven months with a value of $28.7 billion, up 24 percent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Transporting lychees to border gates

(BGO) – Authorities have created the most favorable conditions for the export of Bac Giang lychees during their journey from the garden to the Tan Thanh Border Gate in Lang Son province.

Over 500 tonnes of Bac Giang lychee exported via Lao Cai border gate every day

Over 500 tonnes of “thieu” lychee from Bac Giang province have been exported via the Kim Thanh border gate in Lao Cai province, with around 40-50 trucks daily over the past week.

Around 3,400 tonnes of lychees shipped to China via Kim Thanh border gate

Around 3,400 tonnes of lychees, worth nearly VND 47 billion (US$2.1 million) in total, have been shipped to China via the Kim Thanh border gate in Lao Cai province since May 8, as announced by the Lao Cai international border gate customs sub-department on May 24.

Agricultural exports through Mong Cai border gate soar sharply

Import and export activities through the border gates in Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province have been bustling since early this year, in particular the export of agricultural and aquatic products, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Over 5,000 tonnes of agricultural products exported daily through Tan Thanh Border Gate

Since the Lunar New Year holiday, Tan Thanh Border Gate in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son has conducted export procedures for 200-230 vehicles carrying agricultural products - equivalent to more than 5,000 tonnes of agricultural products every day.

Source: VnExpress