During the event, they agreed to study a safe export process, and coordinate in building “green (safe) zones” at the border gates.

The teleconference between representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and authorities of China’s Yunnan province.

Efforts will be made to facilitate customs clearance by increasing personnel at the border gate area, raising the capacity of border infrastructure, investing in the construction of quarantine zones to increase the number of border gates designated to the import of agricultural products, and speed up pre-arranged customs clearance.

A mechanism for information exchange between border localities of Vietnam and Yunnan province will be created.

The ministry proposed permitting a third party to conduct Covid-19 tests using the RT-PCR method for Vietnam’s vehicles and exports.

It also asked the Chinese side to resume and extend the customs clearance time at several suspended border gates, and speed up the signing of a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between it and Yunnan authorities to create a framework for comprehensive collaboration in bilateral trade and economics.

The Yunnan side stress the need for both sides to maintain efforts to ensure pandemic prevention and control for the safety of both peoples.

Dong Thap export first batch of mangoes to Europe in 2022

The Mekong province of Dong Thap held a ceremony on February 19 to announce the export of the first batch of mangoes to the European market in 2022.

Macadamia, banana exports surge as demand for Vietnamese farm produce rises

Vietnam’s macadamia and banana exports rose by 100 percent and 50 percent last year despite the impacts of Covid-19 on agriculture and logistics.

Export-import turnover hits 58.5 billion USD

Vietnam’s export-import turnover in the first month of 2022 valued at 58.5 billion USD, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam’s exports to Canada rise for third consecutive year, hitting 5.3 billion USD in 2021

Vietnam exported 5.3 billion USD worth of goods to Canada in 2021, up 21 percent year-on-year despite facing challenges caused by the prolonged pandemic, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Canada.

Bac Giang exports batches of commodities worth over 4.1 million USD early this year

(BGO) - From February 1 - 6 (the first to sixth day on Lunar New Year holiday), the Department of Customs controlling the Bac Giang provincial industrial parks (DoC) cleared 51 export customs declaration sheets for Ha Phong Export Garment Joint Stock Company (Hiep Hoa district), Hosiden Vietnam Company Limited (Quang Chau industrial park), Luxshare – ICT Van Trung Co.,Ltd (Van Trung industrial park) and Luxshare – ICT Quang Chau Co.,Ltd (Quang Chau industrial park). 

Source: NDO/VNA