Vietnam's Lang Son Province Reduces Fees to Support Truck Drivers Stuck at Border Gate
Vietnam's Lang Son province reduced fees for border gate infrastructure and service prices at the Tan Thanh border gate, which is facing massive congestion of agricultural products for nearly a month, the state-run CustomsNews reported Dec. 29. Over 4,200 export-carrying…
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trucks, 2,924 of which were carrying fresh fruit, were held up at border gates in Lang Son province as of Dec. 25, primarily at the Tan Thanh border gate, the report said. Accordingly, the rate for vehicles carrying export and import goods dropped by 10%, and the rate for vehicles carrying business goods in the form of temporary imports for re-export, goods temporarily exported for reimport, border gate transfer goods, foods from foreign countries stored in bonded warehouses for export and goods in transit was dropped by 5%. Lang Son also decided to provide free treatment for drivers infected with COVID-19. The report said the congestion of agricultural products has been on the increase because of China’s tightening of trade rules for COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control.