Mong Cai international border gate sees strong recovery
The Mong Cai international border gate in the northern province of Quang Ninh has become vibrant as before the pandemic, showing a positive sign in the economic recovery of Mong Cai city in particular and Quang Ninh province in general.
Exporting goods at Bac Luan II border gate in the northern province of Quang Ninh. (Photo: VNA)
Quang Ninh (VNA) – The Mong Cai international border gatein the northern province of Quang Ninh has become vibrant as before thepandemic, showing a positive sign in the economiꦚc recovery of Mong Cai city inparticular and Quang Ninh province in general.
Tran Bich Ngoc, head of the border gate’s Management Board, saidmore than 188,520 people have gone through the gate in the first three months of thisyear. The trade volume between Vietnam and Chinareached nearly 351,000 tonnes in the period, a year-on-year increase of 211%. More than 8,900 vehicles traversed the Bac LuanII Bridge border gate between January and March, while 11,759 vehicles carried nearly 185,000 tonnes of goods through Km3 4 Hai Yen border checkpoint, up 411% year-on-year. Mong Cai international border gate has become a customs clearance gateway for agro-fisheries products between Vietnam and China, Ngoc said.
Chairman of the Mong Cai city People's Committee Ho Quang Huy said the city is accelerating the construction of the first phase of Van Ninh general port project, which is expected to be completed in thefourth quarter of 2024. The port will serve as a transshipment point foragricultural products from the south to the north, then to China.
Mong Cai is also speeding up the cons𝄹truction ofan inter-agency checkpoint station linked to a commercial service area at the BacLuan II border gate, he said, adding that several key projects condౠucive foragro-fisheries export will be launched./.
The pair of Mong Cai (Vietnam) - Dongxing (China) International Border Gate resumed entry-exit activities on February 21, after being suspended for almost three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Mong Cai international border gate in the northern province of Quang Ninh is becoming a customs clearance gateway for agro-fisheries products between Vietnam and China.
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Exporting goods at Bac Luan II border gate in the northern province of Quang Ninh. (Photo: VNA) 
