With more than 227 km of border line with China, the northernmountainous province of Ha Giang is striving to leverage its potentialsfor cross-border trade development, one of the three economic forces tolift the province from poverty.
Ha Giang shares one pair ofinternational border gate and three pairs of auxiliary border gates withYunnan and Guangxi provinces of China, along with 30 border and bordergate markets.
Dam Van Bong, Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee, said that in a bid to promote commodityexchanges, the locality will focus on building trade facilities atborder gates such as warehouse and upgrading infrastructure at bordermarkets.
The province will also seek investment for upgrading local roads to improve connection with national highways.
Inaddition, Ha Giang looks to enhance the economic nexus with localitiesin the northeastern and northwestern regions to create a supply chainwith high values for domestic consumption and exports.
Cross-border trade activities have made contribution to boostingproduction and improving the provincial socio-economic development,Nguyen Van Son, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee said.
From 2010, the total import-export revenue through theprovincial border gates reached nearly 1.3 billion USD. While the figurefor 2010 was only 195.2 million USD, the first three months of thisyear alone saw nearly 300 million USD worth of goods going through HaGiang’s border.-VNA
Ha Giang shares one pair ofinternational border gate and three pairs of auxiliary border gates withYunnan and Guangxi provinces of China, along with 30 border and bordergate markets.
Dam Van Bong, Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee, said that in a bid to promote commodityexchanges, the locality will focus on building trade facilities atborder gates such as warehouse and upgrading infrastructure at bordermarkets.
The province will also seek investment for upgrading local roads to improve connection with national highways.
Inaddition, Ha Giang looks to enhance the economic nexus with localitiesin the northeastern and northwestern regions to create a supply chainwith high values for domestic consumption and exports.
Cross-border trade activities have made contribution to boostingproduction and improving the provincial socio-economic development,Nguyen Van Son, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee said.
From 2010, the total import-export revenue through theprovincial border gates reached nearly 1.3 billion USD. While the figurefor 2010 was only 195.2 million USD, the first three months of thisyear alone saw nearly 300 million USD worth of goods going through HaGiang’s border.-VNA
