China reopens Pu Zhai Border Gate earlier than scheduled

The Ministry of Industry and Trade announced on May 1 that the Chinese authorities had reopened the Pu Zhai Border Gate which is linked with Vietnam's Tan Thanh Border Gate for trade earlier than scheduled.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade announced on May 1 that the Chinese authorities had reopened the Pu Zhai Border Gate which is linked with Vietnam's Tan Thanh Border Gate for trade earlier than scheduled.

  

Tan Thanh Border Gate

The scheduled reopening day is May 6. The activities at the border gates have been resumed to normal from 8 am to 11 am and from 12 pm to 5 pm on weekdays starting from May 1. The activities on the weekends and holidays have also been resumed.

This is the result of negotiations between the heads of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam and the General Administration of Customs of China. Both parties agreed to resume border activities in order to deal with the jammed cargo trucks in Lang Son Province.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has worked closely with the Vietnamese Embassy in China, Vietnam Consulate General in Nanning and the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam to carry out the negotiation and resume border activities.

Previously, Chinese authorities tightened monitoring and control measures at their border gates in order to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, the clearance process for cargo trucks, especially agricultural products, has slowed down in April.

Reopening the border gate could help firms recover from the impacts of Covid-19.