Towards this goal, the province isaccelerating the building of border markets under a 2010-2020 plan andinfrastructure facilities at border gates, thus attracting moreenterprises to invest in export-import activities in border areas.
Kien Giang authorities have signed cooperation agreements with anumber of neighbouring Cambodian provinces to boost trade promotion andexpand market for local products.
At the same time, the localityworked closely with Cambodia’s forces in fighting cross-bordersmuggling and trade fraud, especially in small roads and subsidiaryborder gates.
Kien Giang shares almost 60 kilometres of landborder with Cambodia, with the Ha Tien international border gate andGia Thanh national border gate.
Since the beginning of the year, thelocality posted a cross-border trade turnover of over 130 million USD,up 30 percent over the same period last year.
The province exports mainly processed food, household goods, cattle-feed and aquatic products.-VNA