With 2 international border gates, 1 main border gate and 9 auxiliary border gates, Lang Son is an important focal point in connecting trade between localities in the country and China. The volume of goods cleared through border gates in Lang Son province is very large, in which, the volume of Vietnamese goods exported to China at Huu Nghi border gate is about 200 vehicles/day; At Tan Thanh border gate over 200 vehicles/day. The number of Chinese trucks exported to Vietnam at Huu Nghi border gate is 500-700 vehicles/day; at Tan Thanh border gate over 100 vehicles/day.

Since the Government issued Resolution No. 128/NQ-CP on October 11, 2021, issuing the temporary regulation "Safely adapting, flexibly and effectively controlling the Covid-19 epidemic", Lang Son province has implemented a lot of measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic specifically for export, import and export activities at border gates to ensure strict control of the epidemic, at the same time, maintain and stabilize transportation activities. love.

The control of the Covid-19 epidemic is carried out by Lang Son province in 3 rounds. Round 1 is the checkpoints to check and control all people and vehicles before entering the territory of Lang Son province. Round 2 is the checkpoints at barie area 2 before entering the border gates to control all people and vehicles before entering the border gate area. Round 3, inspect and control at the gates of the yards to control all people and vehicles before entering the transaction.

The Management Board of Dong Dang - Lang Son border gate economic zone said that currently, all drivers and goods before entering Lang Son province have been checked and controlled according to regulations, according to which, drivers must have A negative PCR test certificate for Covid-19 is valid for 72 hours or a quick test on the spot with negative results. Vehicles transporting goods from inland are arranged and arranged in a separate area outside the border gate, after completing customs clearance procedures, they will be sprayed with disinfectant in the cockpit and handed over to a full-time driver to drive to China. delivery.

In the border gate area, functional forces always regulate and maintain a reasonable number of vehicles stopping and parking at the parking lot. Full-time drivers are arranged to live separately, are fully vaccinated with 2 doses of vaccine and perform Covid-19 test by PCR method every 3 days. Long-distance drivers are also arranged to enter the concentrated living area for medical control according to regulations. Customs agents, workers, and functional forces at the border gate are tested for Covid-19 every 5 days. At the border gates, there is a dedicated area for Chinese drivers to ensure that they do not come into contact with Vietnamese drivers and owners.

Currently, Vietnamese fruits and vegetables when exported to China are subject to 100% quarantine, while that of Thailand only controls 30%. That makes the customs clearance time for Vietnam's fruit products longer. The People's Committee of Lang Son province has reported and advised the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to quickly sign a Protocol with China on quarantine for fruit and fruit products to reduce the rate of inspection and control. control and speed up the clearance of goods.

Lang Son province also regularly negotiates and exchanges with your side to promptly solve problems arising in the process of trading goods at the border gate. In particular, Lang Son province proposed the Chinese functional forces to coordinate and create conditions for cars not to return to Vietnam soon to reduce costs for businesses, because currently, the number of non-Vietnamese cars is backlogged in China. Very big country.

According to a report of the Management Board of the Dong Dang - Lang Son border gate economic zone, recently, the means of transporting export goods to the border gates of the province increased sharply. As of the morning of December 1, 2021, there were more than 2,500 vehicles in stock at the yards in the area of 3 border gates (Huu Nghi, Tan Thanh, Chi Ma). In addition to the number of vehicles with uncleared goods in stock at the wharf, at the border gate, there are still vehicles that have exported goods back, but cannot be released. Many vehicles carrying export goods have to stop and park. on the way to the border gate. This affects the customs clearance of import and export goods, and at the same time, makes it difficult to manage the border gate area and carry out the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Faced with this fact, Vice Chairman of Lang Son Provincial People's Committee Doan Thu Ha directed the implementation of creating 2 separate export and import routes to ensure no congestion in the border gate area. Focusing on arranging and arranging stops and parking outside the border gate area in a reasonable way to gradually regulate the means of transport of exported goods into the wharf area in the border gate area, so as not to cause overload. the yards in the border gate. Along with that, border branches and districts continue to hold talks with Chinese functional forces to discuss solutions to speed up goods clearance; continue to strengthen disease control at the border gate, especially long-distance drivers from other localities to...

The People's Committee of Lang Son province has also directed the People's Committees of Cao Loc, Van Lang, Loc Binh and border districts to continue implementing measures to strengthen epidemic prevention and control at the border gate area to the highest level. ensure that the border gate area is a "green" area, an epidemic-free area to serve as a basis for the exchange, negotiation and agreement with your side on the contents to facilitate the customs clearance of import and export goods. At the same time, allow the Management Board of Dong Dang - Lang Son border gate economic zone to set up a group on WeChat application to exchange management information for vehicles and goods between Lang Son province, Vietnam and Pingxiang Town, Guangxi Province, China.

In order to avoid congestion of goods at the border gate, causing damage to businesses, the Department of Industry and Trade of Lang Son province regularly informs and advises industry associations and businesses, traders, and drivers to transport imported and exported goods. know about the situation of import and export of goods at the border gates to proactively plan to carry out import and export activities. Along with that, strengthen supervision, management, and ensure that the planting areas and production areas for export goods are safe from the Covid-19 epidemic, ensuring product quality, harvesting, packaging, and preservation. , freight is carried out strictly according to the regulations and requirements of the import market.

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