(Department of Foreign Affairs of Lang Son Province) – On August 17, 2024, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 865/QD-TTg approving the pilot project to build smart border gates on the dedicated road for transporting goods in the area of landmarks119-1120 and the dedicated level crossing roads in the area of landmarks 1088/2-1089 belonging to the Huu Nghi International border gate pair (Vietnam) – Huu Nghi Quan (China).
Huu Nghi International Border Gate
According to the approval decision of the proposal, the pilot implementation of the construction of smart border gates applies a new form of import and export goods delivery based on the application of modern science and technology to the procedures for import and export of goods, and the entry and exit of means of transport during the delivery and receipt of import and export goods to improve the capacity and efficiency of customs clearance at border gates on the road department, meeting the increasing demand for trade. At the same time, it resolves the congestion of goods at the border gate area, reduces transportation costs, customs clearance of import and export goods, creates a favorable business environment, attracts import and export enterprises; increases revenue for the State budget, combats smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, poor quality goods, contributes to stabilizing and improving the lives of people on both sides of the border; maintains political security, social order and safety, and national border sovereignty.
The smart border gate model is implemented in a separate, closed scope, applied to a number of specific types of goods during the pilot period. In addition, the traditional method of receiving and delivering goods is still maintained in operation at the same time. The selected goods for pilot customs clearance under the smart border gate model include: fruits, electronic components exported from Vietnam, ASEAN countries and electronic components imported from China. During the pilot period, Lang Son province will continue to discuss with the Chinese side to expand import and export items to ensure the goals and effectiveness of the Project.
The Project implementation period is divided into 2 phases, phase 1: From the third quarter of 2024 to the end of the second quarter of 2026 (infrastructure construction); phase 2: From the third quarter of 2026 to the end of the third quarter of 2029 (pilot implementation).
In the past time, Lang Son province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China have regularly discussed and actively implemented the “Framework Agreement on jointly promoting the pilot construction of smart border gates” specifically: Coordinating the organization of the Vietnam – China Border Smart Border Gate Construction Exchange Conference; organizing a Talk on the pilot construction of smart border gates and field surveys of smart border gates in China; The customs authorities of both sides held a meeting to share experiences in smart border gates and work to facilitate customs clearance of goods; regularly exchanged working letters and discussed the content of smart border gates at the agendas between the two sides… The approved project is the basis for Lang Son province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China to continue to coordinate and pilot the construction of smart border gates at each side’s border gate areas.
Signing the “Framework Agreement between the People’s Committee of Lang Son Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China on jointly promoting the pilot construction of smart border gates” under the witness of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang.
The cooperation between Lang Son province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China in implementing the pilot construction of a smart border gate to concretize the important common perceptions reached between the leaders of the two Parties and the two States of Vietnam and China has contributed to promoting deeper substantive economic and trade cooperation between the two sides, from the local level supporting the building of a community sharing the future of Vietnam – China with strategic significance.
In addition, the implementation of the pilot construction of the smart border gate model is also consistent with the goals of the national and provincial digital transformation program; thereby, creating favorable conditions for customs clearance of goods between the two sides to be carried out quickly, without contact, without interruption, improving customs clearance efficiency and solving the problem of congestion of import and export goods, especially during peak times, reducing costs for businesses on both sides. The project implementation will contribute significantly to the goal of building Lang Son to soon become one of the centers and hubs for import-export, trade, services, tourism and key border gate economic activities in the Northeast region, and at the same time an important gateway for trading goods of ASEAN countries with the Chinese market and other countries.
Khong Nghia
(According to songv.langson.gov.vn)”