Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved the extension of customsclearance working hours at the Mong Cai border gate with China tofacilitate cross-border travel and trade.
Accordingly, the time for entry and exit activities will span from7:00am to 20:00pm every day, one hour later than the current 19:00pm,while that for import and export activities will be extended by one hourand a half, from 7:00am to 18:00pm instead of the previous 16:30pm(Hanoi time).
Mong Cai in the northern province ofQuang Ninh and China’s Dongxing border gates have become importantentrepôts for goods, investment capital and travellers between Vietnamand China.
They are also the only land and sea bordergates between the two countries. Dongxing is the most favourable gatewayfor China’s southern and southwestern regions to trade with Vietnam andother ASEAN countries.-VNA