Tra Linh-Longbang borde gates upgraded to int’l level

The authorities of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang and China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region jointly organized a ceremony to announce the upgrade on December 28.

After the upgrade, the Tra Linh-Longbang international border gate will help raise the flows of people, vehicles and goods from third countries, contributing to promoting economic and trade cooperation between Viet Nam and China and in the region and further deepening the friendship between the two countries.

Cao Bang and Baise city of China are currently connected through three pairs of border gates, which are Soc Giang-Pingmeng, Tra Linh-Longbang (which includes the Na Doong-Na Ray crossing) and Po Peo-Yuewei, along with the Dinh Phong-Xinxing border crossing.

However, the Tra Linh-Longbang border gates are located on the most convenient route connecting the Southwest region of China to ASEAN countries.

Chairman of the Cao Bang People’s Committee Hoang Xuan Anh said that the official upgrade of the pair of border gates is significant for the two sides to make development plans, attract investment, and upgrade infrastructure, as well as design appropriate policies and mechanisms to facilitate import and export activities, and promote cooperation, comprehensive development and people-to-people exchanges between the Vietnamese locality and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Yang Jinghua, deputy head of the Standing Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Automonous Regional People’s Congress affirmed that the two sides will continue to implement the motto "friendly neighborliness, comprehensive cooperation, long-term stability, looking toward the future” in accordance with the spirit of "good neighbors, good friends, good comrades, good partners”.

This is an important milestone in the development of cooperation between Cao Bang and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and between Viet Nam and China in general, he added.