On June 19 alone, a total of 2,005 trucks completed customs clearance at Lang Son’s border gates — the highest single-day figure ever recorded in the province. Of these, 634 carried exports and 1,371 imports.
Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang and Chinese Minister of National Defence Dong Jun led high-level delegations to visit Huu Nghi International Border Gate's Border Post and Lang Son Logistics Park of the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group, as part of the 9th Vietnam–China Border Defence Friendship Exchange.
During their visit to Dong Dang Primary School, the two defence ministers attended the inauguration of a new multi-purpose building consisting of 12 rooms, including a computer lab, gifted by Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence.
Running from April 12-13, the activity forms part of the 9th Vietnam–China Border Defence Friendship Exchange Programme, scheduled for April 16-17 in Vietnam’s Lang Son province and China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Young Vietnamese, Chinese border officers exchanged views on joint border management, legal education, and coordination in natural disaster and epidemic prevention and control.
This is reflected in the customs revenue at the border gate, which exceeded 200 billion VND (7.75 million USD), accounting for 35% of the annual budget target for 2025 and 6% higher than that of the same period in 2024.
Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Hoang Van Nghiem said that the province has to date built 928 new houses and repaired 1.098 houses for households.
Noting that Lang Son needs to focus on thoroughly and deeply assessing its situation, opportunities, and challenges to determine the direction for development, Cuong emphasised the importance of bringing into full play the province's strengths, such as its border economy, sustainable tourism, and smart agriculture linked to export processing industries.
President Luong Cuong commended the local authorities, agencies, and organisations and localities nationwide in general for their achievements, as well as innovative, practical, and effective initiatives in implementing tree-planting movements and the 1-billion-tree growing project in recent years.
PM Pham Minh Chinh asked Cao Bang and Lang Son provinces to mobilise the entire political system for effective site clearance, ensure an adequate supply of materials for the projects, and engage mass organisations and the police and military forces in supporting the contractors in the construction sites.
Authorities of Van Lang district in Vietnam's northern province of Lang Son, and Pingxiang township in China’s Guangxi province on January 25 announced the official restoration of immigration activities at Tan Thanh (Lang Son) – Puzhai (Guangxi) border crossing.
The northern mountainous province of Lang Son is taking measures to preserve and promote the ecotourism value and potential of the Lang Son Global Geopark, recognised by UNESCO in September 2024.
The Ministry of Public Security and authorities in the northern province of Lang Son on January 16 transferred 292 new houses for the poor in the border district of Loc Binh.
The Viettel Lang Son Logistics Park, the first of its kind in Vietnam, officially opened in Cao Loc district, the northern mountainous province of Lang Son, on December 11.
The Viettel Lang Son Logistics Park, the first of its kind in Vietnam, officially opened in Cao Loc district, the northern mountainous province of Lang Son, on December 11.
The inauguration ceremony of a road leading to border marker No. 962 was held in Quoc Khanh commune in Trang Dinh district of the northern province of Lang Son on November 22.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a fact-finding tour and held a working session with authorities of the northern border provinces of Cao Bang and Lang Son on November 14 to expedite expressway projects and review the construction of a pilot smart border gate.
Authorities of the northern border province of Lang Son and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China held an online signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a pilot smart border gate.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh laid stress on the significance of national solidarity through concrete actions while attending the Great National Unity Festival in residential area No. 8 of Na Sam town in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son's Van Lang district on November 14.
Lizen Joint Stock Company, which is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, on November 7 presented more than 2.4 billion VND (94,618 USD) to Chi Lang district in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son to support 22 local families in building new houses, replacing their temporary and dilapidated ones.
The value of trade flows through the Huu Nghi international border gate in the northeastern province of Lang Son surpassed 2.5 billion USD as of the end of October, up 13% year-on-year.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Daejin International Volunteers Association (DIVA) has presented 1 billion VND (over 40,200 USD) in international emergency aid to 15 households in the northern province of Lang Son suffering damage from Typhoon Yagi.
The recent recognition of the Lang Son as a UNESCO Global Geopark is expected to help the northern province gain momentum and mobilise resources for enhancing the management, preservation, and promotion of the geopark, along with its biodiversity, historical and cultural values, and scenic landscapes.
