On January 8, 2023, immigration activities resumed at the Lao Cai International Border Gate. Major Dao Van Ninh – head of the Lao Cai International Border Gate Guard Station, said that at present, Lao Cai has fully restored entry and exit activities through international border gates in the province. From now on, residents and drivers of Vietnam no longer need to be tested for Covid-19 upon exit, but only need to submit a medical declaration using the same form as Vietnam.

COUNTRY STATES OPEN AT ANY TIME

Accordingly, from January 8, 2023, Lao Cai International Road Border Gate will open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. including public holidays and New Year’s Eve for those who use passports and travel documents, as will Kim Thanh International Road Border Gate No. 2 daily from 7:00 a.m open until 10 p.m. for drivers transporting goods through the border gate. Persons entering and exiting through international border gates must submit a medical declaration and have their body temperature checked upon entry.

Preparations for regulation of goods, routes, issuance of visas and passports for individuals and companies are also being urgently completed at this time.

In Lang Son Province, from January 8, 2023, the border gates with China were also reopened simultaneously, allowing people with goods to enter and exit. Another positive point is that China does not require PCR testing for people entering the country unless that person shows abnormal symptoms.

According to Major Tran Van Hung, deputy chief of the Huu Nghi Border Patrol Station, about 1,000 vehicles have been imported and exported through the area every day for the past few days, there are no more local goods backlogs like those of other people last year. In addition to the Huu Nghi, Tan Thanh and Chi Ma border gates, the authorities of Vietnam and China recently resumed customs clearance activities at the Coc Nam border gate, which will help improve customs clearance capacity for agricultural products and reduce traffic congestion at the border gate.

According to Ms. Doan Thu Ha, vice chairwoman of Lang Son Provincial People’s Committee, ahead of the Chinese side’s new policy, Lang Son Province instructs functional sectors and enterprises to immediately discuss with your country’s authorities to change the method. Carrier.

Previously, China had tightened epidemic prevention measures, so some delivery methods were very strict and took time, resulting in a decline in the amount of goods handled. Lang Son provincial authorities also sent a letter to the Chinese side, informing that human resources and infrastructure are ready at all border gates to fully meet epidemic prevention and control requirements once your country returns.

OPPORTUNITY FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISH EXPORT

China’s lifting of strict import control regulations is expected by many agricultural product industries to boost exports to the market.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mr Phung Duc Tien said China is a potential market with 1.4 billion people accounting for 19.2% of the export market structure and still has a lot of room to grow. Therefore, the Prime Minister has also paid close attention to the consumption of goods to China and steered to promote it.

Citing strong growth opportunities in opening up the Chinese market, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien said that in 2022, when durian is officially exported to that market, durian will have risen by 4,120% in just one month. In the coming period, thanks to the signing of protocols and the opening of borders, many products promoted for official export to China will also see strong growth.

Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen, secretary-general of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, added that fruit and vegetable exports to China always account for over 50% of Vietnam’s total fruit and vegetable export turnover.

“The opening of the Chinese market, the restoration of border clearance and the signing of 15 free trade agreements with Vietnam will give a big boost to fruit and vegetable exports.” The forecast for 2023 is In the year of the “boom” of fruit and vegetable exports, Wenn if it reaches USD 3.34 billion in 2022, it will reach USD 4 billion in 2023,” Nguyen said.

Cashew processing and exporting companies all expressed joy at China’s reopening of border gates. Mr. Phung Van Sam, CEO of Hanfimex Vietnam Joint Stock Company, said that after more than two years of “repression” due to Covid-19, the Chinese will travel more in the near future, which will lead to increased demand for cashews, the tourists served increased, thereby boosting Vietnam’s cashew exports to the Chinese market.

The opening of borders to mark the 2023 Lunar New Year, a time when food consumption has surged, is also a chance for aquatic products to live “upstream” in early 2023.

Mr. Cui He, president of the China Seafood Products Processing and Marketing Association (CAPPMA), said seafood consumption in China is expected to recover, increase and is expected to fully return to normal ahead of the Spring Festival holiday on Jan. 22, 2023.

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