Trade ministry strives to ease difficulties for trade with China
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has launched a number of measures to tackle difficulties for the Vietnam – China trade, amid the complicated developments of COVID-19 pandemic.
At Kim Thanh international border gate No.2 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)🍌 – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has launched anumber of measures to tackle difficulties for the Vietnam – China trade, amid thecomplicated developments of COVID-19 pandemic.
It is preparing contents and arranging talks between Minister of Industry andTrade Tran Tuan Anh and Chinese Minister of Commerce Zhong San, and will also work closely with the Guangxi Department of Commerce to increase thenumber of trains carrying Vietnamese and Chinese farm produce. Adispatch was also sent to the Vietnamese Embassy in China to suggest workingclosely with Chinese authorities to remove existing obstacles. Sinceearly February, the MoIT and the Health Ministry have successfully builtmedical supervision process and mechanism regarding the delivery of imports and exports, and exchanges between residents at border gates and markets. MoITleaders directly conducted surveys to grasp the situation and directed removingdifficulties for exports across the border. Vietnam trade offices abroad, and in China in particular, regularly updatedinformation about market movement and markets for farm produce and materialsused for mask and medical equipment production at home. Theministry also held regular working sessions with the Chinese Embassy in Vietnamand asked the Vietnamese General Consulates in Guangxi and Yunnan to frequentlycontact authorities of border localities to facilitate import-export activities in borderareas. It calledon the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry to jointly tackle difficulties in tradebetween Vietnam and China in Dispatch No.264/BCT-AP dated April 9. MinisterAnh sent letters to Chinese Minister of Commerce Zhong San and Chinese Directorof the General Administration of Customs Ni Yuefeng on April 9. Healso sent a letter to the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region asking to continue realisingagreements reached during talks on March 13 and partner together to ensuresmooth trade./.
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At Kim Thanh international border gate No.2 (Photo: VNA) 
