Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee Doan Thu Ha at the working session (Photo: VNA) Lang Son (VNA) – Authorities of thenorthern border province of Lang Son had a working session with a delegationfrom the Thai Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and Thai Embassy in Vietnam, led by the MOC’sPermanent Secretary Keerati Rushchano, to discuss creating favourable for thetransport of fruits from Thailand to China via border gates in Lang Son.
Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee Doan Thu Ha said in the firstquarter this year, the total imports-exports via the province surpassed 9billion USD, of which the export turnover of farmproduce of Thailand’s origin reached over 66 million USD.
She wished that Keerati woud serve as a bridgepromoting cooperation between Lang Son and Thai localities and units, andintroducing Thai firms and investors to Lang Son to explore opportunities.
In thenear future, Lang Son will continue pooling resources to develop border,transport and technical infrastructure, thereby improvingtransport capacity, expanding routes for goods transportation and putinto operation a goods transshipment area, she said, adding that the provincewill continue building a smart digital border gate management platform,stepping up administrative reform and automation procedures to help businesses savetime.
According to her, the province will directrelevant departments and agencies to proactively build plans and set up workinggroups between the two sides.
Keerati, for his part, wished that LangSon would continue creating favourable conditions for customs clearance,especially farm produce from Thailand.
Earlier, the delegation visited the Huu NghiInternational Border Gate and Dong Dang International Railway Border Gate inthe province./.
