The fight to protect the Northern border (February 17, 2 - February 1979, 17) has been postponed for 2 years. With the spirit of "putting aside the past, looking forward to the future", Vietnam and China have built a relationship of friendship, cooperation, equality, and mutual benefit on the basis of respect for independence, sovereignty, and integrity. each other's territory.
Vehicle transporting fresh fruit to Tan Thanh border gate export area (Lang Son). Photo: Quang Duy/TTXVN
More than ever, both countries need a peaceful and stable environment to serve the strategic development goals of each country; working together for peace, stability, cooperation and development.
Local cooperation
Since the two countries established a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in 2008, cooperation in all fields has achieved positive and comprehensive progress. Over the years, the localities of the two countries have also built a relationship of friendship and cooperation, creating an important basis and premise for socio-economic development, cultural exchange, and improving material life. quality and spirit for the people...
Lang Son is a mountainous, border province, with a national border adjacent to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, which is more than 231 km long. Lang Son is also an important gateway in exchange activities between Vietnam and China, as well as between the ASEAN region and China, not only in the fields of economics and trade but also in the fields of culture. culture, society...
In recent years, Lang Son province has actively promoted and promoted the effectiveness of friendly exchanges, programs and cooperation mechanisms with the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, especially the program Spring meeting and Joint Working Committee Conference mechanism between 4 provinces: Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang, Ha Giang (Vietnam) and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China). The sectors, functional forces, and localities of both sides maintain regular friendly exchanges, promote cooperation mechanisms, research, and concretize the implementation of cooperation contents.
The two sides effectively implemented cooperation in preventing and combating the COVID-19 epidemic as a basis for maintaining customs clearance activities, promoting economic cooperation, connecting traffic, upgrading border gates, facilitating customs clearance, and promoting promoting import and export of goods, border management, cooperation in preventing and combating crime, illegal immigration across the border; build a border area of peace, friendship, cooperation and development. The two sides have maintained regular and flexible exchanges and meetings between senior leaders of the two provinces and regions, and jointly paid attention to directing Party committees at all levels, branches, districts and border towns of the country. The two sides will strengthen the organization of exchange activities and promote cooperation.
Along with that, we actively promote existing mechanisms and activities such as: Spring meeting activities between Provincial Party Secretaries of provinces: Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Cao Bang, Ha Giang (Vietnam) and Secretaries Guangxi Regional Party Committee (China), the Joint Working Committee mechanism between the four border provinces of Vietnam and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) and many mechanisms for periodic meetings, talks and Cooperation between departments, branches, branches, provincial organizations, functional forces, districts and cities in the province.
The province also organized a number of high-level delegations of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Council, and Provincial People's Committee to visit and work in Guangxi, and at the same time welcomed high-level delegations from Guangxi to visit and work with Lang Son province. Through working programs, the two sides signed many important cooperation agreements. Leaders of the two sides also regularly maintain visits and congratulations on the occasion of traditional Tet, National Day celebrations and important political events of the two countries.
The province has directed all levels, branches, border districts and mass organizations to strengthen friendly exchanges, hold talks and sign cooperation agreements, organize cultural - sports exchanges and art performances. organizing spring festivals for people on both sides of the border on holidays, Tet, National Days of the two countries and cultural, trade promotion and tourism events organized by the two sides. The two sides create favorable conditions for people in border areas to promote traditional neighborly relations, visit relatives, exchange, business cooperation, exchange goods, and actively establish friendly relations. Border residential cluster conference.
Currently, 5 border districts and Lang Son city of Lang Son province have established international friendly district/town relations; 12 pairs of villages and hamlets signed a "village friendship" agreement with villages and hamlets on the opposite side of Guangxi. Cultural and sports exchange activities and youth exchanges are maintained. In addition, the two sides have also actively implemented effective foreign affairs activities and international cooperation in the fields of tourism, education and training, labor cooperation, agriculture and forestry, and science and technology. technical, administrative, judicial, financial.
Tourists visit milestone 1116, Km0 Huu Nghi International Border Gate, Lang Son province. Photo: Quang Duy/TTXVN
In 2023, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, Provincial People's Committee and agencies of Lang Son province signed 12 agreements and memorandums of cooperation with partners of Guangxi and China (5 provincial-level documents, 7 documents department and sector level), creating a basis for strongly restoring comprehensive cooperation between all levels and sectors of the two sides in many fields after the COVID-19 pandemic. Basic signed cooperation agreements and memoranda of understanding are regularly focused on and directed for active and effective implementation.
Leaders of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Lang Son province said that in recent times, the Party Committee, authorities, functional branches, and mass organizations of the province have increased exchanges and cooperation with corresponding agencies of Guangxi in many ways. face, field. The two sides have built a cooperative relationship to develop border economies; activities to ensure security, order and safety in border areas, trade in goods, and cultural and artistic exchanges. Many new areas of cooperation have also been promoted by both sides, such as: Cooperation between the People's Council of Lang Son province and the Standing Committee of the People's Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; Red Cross Association of two provinces and regions; Courts, judiciary, Youth Union, business sector...
In the coming time, the two sides will continue to thoroughly grasp and effectively implement the common perceptions reached by senior leaders of the two Parties and States from state visits; maintain and promote the effectiveness of existing exchange and cooperation mechanisms; promote the leading and cooperative role of the early Spring meeting program.
The two sides enhance effective exchanges and cooperation between local Party committees at all levels, exchange information, share experiences, survey models, and promote specific cooperative activities; Encourage and create conditions to strongly promote people-to-people, cultural and social exchange activities. The two sides are interested in directing cooperation in key areas such as disease prevention and control, investment, trade, logistics, traffic connection, tourism, customs clearance convenience, opening and upgrading border gates. , border management, judicial administration, security, law enforcement and crime prevention and control, health, culture, education and vocational training, finance - banking...
At a meeting with Secretary of the Lang Son Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Quoc Doan on March 30, 3, Mr. Luu Ninh, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi (China) affirmed: Lang Son is a province An important neighbor connected to Guangxi, with advantageous geography and great potential for cooperation. The cooperative relationship between the two sides is increasingly deepening in all fields. Guangxi will try to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese goods, especially agricultural products, to enter the Chinese market...
Develop border gate economy
Goods clearance activities at Huu Nghi International Border Gate (Dong Dang town, Cao Loc district, Lang Son province). Photo: Van Dat/TTXVN
In recent years, Lang Son province has always determined to focus on rapidly developing the border gate economy, creating a driving force for economic growth. The province has concretized and flexibly applied the guidelines and policies of the Party and State, especially the mechanism of prioritizing investment in developing border-gate economic zones. Provincial Party Committee,
The People's Council and Provincial People's Committee have many guidelines and policies on the development of border gate economic zones to promote growth and economic restructuring, import-export activities, immigration, and budget revenue...
Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Lang Son province had 10 border gates operating goods trade, contributing to local socio-economic development. However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only main border gates such as Tan Thanh, Huu Nghi, Chi Ma, and Dong Dang international railway station maintain customs clearance activities.
After the epidemic was controlled, the authorities of Lang Son province actively worked, held talks, and discussed with the authorities of Guangxi, China to remove difficulties and obstacles, gradually opening up the epidemic. Border gates reopen. Currently, import and export activities are taking place vibrantly at 7 border gates including: Huu Nghi international border gate; Chi Ma main border gate; Tan Thanh, Coc Nam, Na Hinh, Na Nua sub-border gates and Dong Dang international station border gate.
In 2023, the average number of vehicles carrying imported and exported goods through Lang Son border gates will reach about 1.100 - 1.350 vehicles/day. Total import-export turnover through the province is estimated at 4.925 million USD, reaching 129% of the plan, an increase of more than 60% over the same period. Local exports in 2023 are estimated to reach 156 million USD, reaching 101% of the plan, up 9,9% over the same period...
To make the border gate economy one of the pillars of socio-economic development, in June 6, leaders of the People's Committee of Lang Son province (Vietnam) and representatives of the government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) ) signed a Framework Agreement on promoting the pilot construction of smart border gates at the border gate pairs Huu Nghi (Vietnam) - Huu Nghi Quan (China), Tan Thanh (Vietnam) - Po Chai (China) ).
Lang Son Provincial People's Committee has completed a pilot project to build a smart border gate model on a specialized route for transporting goods in the area of Huu Nghi international border gate and Tan Thanh border gate, currently submitting to the Government for consideration. approve.
With the smart border gate model, Lang Son strives to increase customs clearance capacity at Huu Nghi and Tan Thanh border gates by 2030-4 times compared to the present time. In particular, this model will solve the problem of goods congestion at the border gate area, reduce transportation costs, clear customs for export and import goods, create a favorable business environment, and attract businesses to participate. import and export…
Chairman of Lang Son Provincial People's Committee Ho Tien Thieu said that with many flexible and creative solutions suitable to the actual situation of the locality, in recent years, Lang Son has achieved positive results in all aspects. fields from socio-economic development, international cooperation, investment attraction, ensuring national defense and security. In 2023, the province has implemented and achieved 16/18 targets and plans. The province's economy develops quite comprehensively. The growth rate of gross regional product (GRDP) reached 7%. GRDP per capita is estimated to reach 59,8 million VND, an increase of more than 8 million VND compared to 2022. State budget revenue reaches over 7.792 billion VND...
