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Thousands of trucks are still lying stranded at Tan Thanh border gate due to sluggish customs clearance. — Photo laodong.vn Trade bottlenecks are easing but nearly 3,000 trucks are still bogged down at border gates due to persistently sluggish customs clearance, according to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Lang Son Province. The department said around 1,571 trucks were still stuck at Huu Nghi border gate, 515 trucks at Chi Ma and 766 at Tan Thanh by January 3. Goods are being cleared at a rate equal to just one-fifth of the rate prior to the pandemic. That’s to say less than 100 trucks are crossing the border at each gate daily. Meanwhile, Chinese officers are processing customs procedures for just 4-8 hours a day. With such a slow pace of clearance, it will take another 40 days to clear the backlog. As the Lunar New Year is drawing near, China has transferred many customs officers elsewhere to deal with Chinese returning from abroad, leaving border … [Read more...] about Backlog of trucks remains at border gates

The proposal was sent to cities and provinces on Dec. 4 as some 2,460 container trucks, with 60 percent carrying fresh fruits, remain stranded at border gates in Lang Son, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade. Some border gates including Tan Thanh and Coc Nam are still offering temporary customs clearance, allowing only a few containers through to China each day. Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, China has recently tightened checks on imported goods and their transport, leading to congestion of Vietnamese container trucks at border gates over the past month. Vietnamese exporters have been encouraged to ensure goods and their packages are free of Covid, and to increase their quality. Late last week, the Vietnamese government instructed nine ministries and sectors to jointly deal with goods congestion in Lang Son and other northern border provinces. Lang Son will continue working with Guangxi, China to speed up clearance of perishable agriculture goods. … [Read more...] about Northern province proposes exporters halt goods transport to China border

The northern province of Lang Son has called for the transportation of goods to local northern border gates for export to China from now until the Lunar New Year due to slow customs clearance. The provincial people’s committee has sent a dispatch to other localities telling them not to encourage additional trucks to continue to the area as there are thousands still stuck at local border gates adjacent to China. Thousands of container trucks stranded at Lang Son border gates According to the committee, some border gates in Lang Son like Tan Thanh and Coc Nam have not yet been reopened for exports to China. Meanwhile, other border gates are being operated at a restricted capacity due to China’s tighter inspections on imports as a Covid-19 prevention measure. Exporters should temporarily stop the transportation of goods to Lang Son border gates to avoid congestion. Lang Son authorities have also advised exporters and producers to pay attention to the … [Read more...] about Lang Son calls for halt of goods transportation to border gates

Foreign ministers of Southeast Asia and China adopted on Sunday a negotiating framework for a code of conduct in the East Vietnam Sea, a move they hailed as progress but seen by critics as tactic to buy China time to consolidate its maritime power. The framework seeks to advance a 2002 Declaration of Conduct (DOC) of Parties in the East Vietnam Sea, which has mostly been ignored by claimant states, particularly China, which has built seven manmade islands in disputed waters, three of which are equipped with runways, surface-to-air missiles and radars. All parties say the framework is only an outline for how the code will be established but critics say the failure to outline as an initial objective the need to make the code legally binding and enforceable, or have a dispute resolution mechanism, raises doubts about how effective the pact will be. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the adoption of the framework created a solid foundation for negotiations that could start this … [Read more...] about ASEAN, China adopt framework for crafting code on East Vietnam Sea

Thousands of container trucks carrying agricultural produce, mainly fresh fruits, have been stranded in border areas in the northern province of Lang Son for the past three weeks because of slow customs clearance and temporary closure of Tan Thanh and Coc Nam border gates. The Chinese side is strengthening Covid-19 prevention measures at border areas. Despite the difficulties they face because of the ensuing congestion, many enterprises told VnExpress that they still favored the Chinese market. Nguyen Khac Huy, director of the Hoang Phat Fruit Company, said his firm was seeking different ways to export fruits to China, which is the second biggest economy and the most populous country in the world. "The total volume of goods we export to the European Union, Singapore, Japan and other markets in a whole year is sometimes equal to that exported to China in just two days," he said. The director of another agricultural products exporter in the southern province of Vinh Long said … [Read more...] about Agro-produce exporters favor Chinese market despite border congestions

Volume shipped to China accounts for almost 20% of Vietnam’s total agricultural exports. Hanoi has asked Beijing to thoroughly solve the stuck of goods at the border gates, which has been lasted for months due to China’s strict Covid-19 restrictions. Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in a phone talk with China's Premier Li Keqiang on Jan 13. Photo: VGP The two countries need close cooperation to maintain the supply chain between Vietnam and China as well as the region, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said in a teleconference with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang on January 13. Smooth transaction will help people and businesses of the two countries have good celebrations of the upcoming Lunar New Year, Chinh made the statement during the phone talk of the two governments’ leaders on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations (January 18, 1950- January 18, 2022). PM Chinh requested China to continue opening … [Read more...] about Vietnam urges China to open doors to farm produce

Afternoon on the Cat Ba Bay (Photo: Vu Manh Cuong ) Hanoi (VNA) – The photo “ Afternoon on the Cat Ba Bay ” by Vu Manh Cuong has won the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) gold medal at the international photo contest RGB 2021 . The contest honours outstanding works of both professional and amateur photographers around the world in the four categories of Open Monochrome, Open Colour, Nature and Photo Travel. Vietnamese photographers winning the ribbon award at this contest include Duong Duy Khang with “Ben thuyen Tam Coc” (Tam Coc Marina), Vu Manh Cuong with “Wayback 2”, Duong Vu with “Feeding 3” and “Tinh phu tu 2” (Father Love 2), and Vu Hai with “Mu Cang Chai tourist site”./. VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnamese photographer wins gold at int’l photo contest RGB 2021

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held phone talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on January 13 during which he requested China create more favourable conditions for Vietnamese farm products to enter its market. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, during his phone talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, requeests that China create more favourable conditions for Vietnamese farm products to enter its market. Both sides should closely co-ordinate and adopt effective measures aimed at addressing the goods congestion occurring at border gates in order to maintain stable supply and production chains between the two countries, said PM Chinh. He proposed that China continue to expand the opening of its market for a number of Vietnamese agricultural products and fruits, with assurances given that Vietnam will strictly follow COVID-19 guidelines concerning import-export activities. In response Premier Li acknowledged PM Chinh’s proposal, saying that upon … [Read more...] about Vietnam expects its farm products to easily enter China market

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính discusses measures to handle border gate congestion with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính had a phone call with the premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Keqiang on Thursday to discuss measures to boost relations and handle products stranded at border gates. The talk was held for the 72th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Việt Nam and China (January 18). The two sides reviewed achievements of Việt Nam-China relations over the past year and discussed measures to strengthen friendship and enhance political trust as well as expand cooperation between the two countries. PM Chính congratulated the Party, State and people of China for its achievements in pandemic prevention and control and socio-economic development. He stressed that the development of the Việt Nam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership … [Read more...] about Việt Nam, China discuss ties, border gate congestion

China has stepped up the legal war by internalizing the law and increasing the presence of its maritime law enforcement forces and maritime militia to strengthen its claims in the East Sea and reject the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling 2016. On the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's founding, Beijing declared: The era in which China was massacred, bullied and humiliated has been gone; China can not only break down an old world, but also create a new one, and warn others not to underestimate the Chinese people's unyielding determination, steadfast will and great strength in protecting national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Chinese National People’s Congress approved the 14th Five-Year Plan, affirming the goal of "intensifying research and legal fighting, strengthening the construction of maritime jurisdictions, resolutely safeguarding the maritime rights and interests of the country”. Legalization of entire East Sea China … [Read more...] about 2021: China asserts power in East Sea