Unifying the list of documents, vehicles and goods passing through Thanh Thuy - Nam On sub-border gate

Attending the conference, on behalf of the inter-sectoral delegation of Bolikhamxay province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, there was comrade Khammouane Pannuvong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Deputy Governor, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Bolikhamxay Provincial Border Work Steering Committee as head of the delegation.

On the side of the interdisciplinary delegation of Nghe An province (Vietnam), led by comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Promoting comprehensive cooperation between the governments and people of the two provinces

Speaking at the welcoming ceremony for the inter-sectoral delegation of Bolikhamxay province, comrade Le Hong Vinh expressed his joy at welcoming comrade Kham-ven Pan-nha-nu-vong and the delegation members to work in Nghe An. This is an important activity to facilitate the travel and trade of goods between the two provinces, and at the same time, promote the potential and advantages of the two provinces and the two countries through this border gate.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh emphasized that with Nghe An's potential and advantages such as being located in the Central region, 300 km from Hanoi, 1,200 km from Ho Chi Minh City, Nghe An has an area of ​​nearly 16,500 km2.², population 3.4 million people, border adjacent to 3 provinces of Laos 468 km long... opening Thanh Thuy - Nam On secondary border gate is an important premise for future upgrading to main border gate, international border gate.

In the immediate future, the opening of the secondary border gate will create favorable conditions for people on both sides of the border to visit relatives, trade goods, and develop tourism potential of both sides. At the same time, with the large land fund of Bolikhamxay province, there will be great potential for economic exchange and development of agriculture, services, and tourism between the two sides through Thanh Thuy - Nam On Border Gate. Therefore, through this conference, we hope that the two sides will coordinate and complete the contents so that the Thanh Thuy - Nam On secondary border gate can soon come into operation. And this is also a promotion activity for the two governments and two provinces to soon upgrade to a main border gate.

Comrade Khammven Pannhanuvong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Deputy Governor, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Border Work Steering Committee of Bolikhamxay province also exchanged views and affirmed his joy and honor to receive the invitation of Nghe An province to conduct the meeting in the spirit of brothers. He hoped that the two sides would soon reach a high consensus on the expected contents through this conference, contributing to promoting and enhancing exchange and cooperation activities between the two provinces from 2015 to present.

At the conference, Comrade Khammouane Pannuanvong also introduced the potentials of Bolikhamxay province: It is a province located in the central region of Laos, with a population of 324,000 people, with a strategic geographical location in the East-West economic corridor of Laos, bordering Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces of Vietnam. The strategic vision of the province is to build it into a logistics center, completing the project to build a bridge between Laos and Thailand, the Hanoi - Vientiane expressway... Major projects between the two countries will create more favorable conditions for economic trade activities and many other fields between the two provinces and the two countries.

Speaking at the conference, comrade Le Hong Vinh hoped that Bolikhamxay province and the Lao Government would create the most favorable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises, especially Nghe An enterprises, to carry out investment activities in Laos, and exchange and provide more information at the upcoming summit between the two governments. He proposed that the two sides discuss further regulations on temporary import and re-export to facilitate the transportation of goods and equipment through the Thanh Thuy - Nam On sub-border gate, especially the transportation of equipment for the construction of the Truong Son Wind Power Plant.

Unified trade procedures

Through exchanges and discussions between the two working delegations, the conference agreed on the above contents in the spirit of frankness, sincerity, trust, solidarity, special friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries Vietnam - Laos, the two provinces of Nghe An - Bolikhamxay, especially the results achieved in the work of coordinating border management, protection and economic development at border gates up to now.

Comrade Kham-ven Pan-nha-nu-vong proposed to soon carry out procedures to submit to the Governments of both sides to upgrade it to a main border gate, ensuring compliance with legal regulations and related documents that the two provinces and the two Governments have signed so far.

The border gate trade also creates favorable conditions for investors to carry out investment projects of Vietnamese enterprises in Bolikhamxay province, promoting the import and export of equipment, machinery, and transporting equipment through the border gate; first of all, the Truong Son Wind Power Plant Project is underway in Bolikhamxay province, with a total capacity of 600MW and a total investment of nearly 900 million USD. Currently, the 14 km route from Thanh Thuy - Nam On sub-border gate to the center of Nam On district is being upgraded. The working group hopes that Nghe An province will support and create favorable conditions for the quick construction of this route.

The leaders of the two provinces concluded the content and signed the working minutes. Accordingly, Nghe An province assigned the Department of Transport to advise the Provincial People's Committee to soon issue a "Decision to allow road motor vehicles of the three provinces to transport people and goods through the Thanh Thuy - Nam On sub-border gate".

Bolikhamxay province assigned the Department of Foreign Affairs to coordinate with relevant departments and branches to advise the Provincial Government Committee to issue a "Decision allowing people, road vehicles and goods of the two provinces to pass through the Thanh Thuy - Nam On sub-border gate". At the same time, preside over and coordinate with relevant branches to collect information, promptly complete procedures to advise the Bolikhamxay Provincial Government Committee to submit to the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic for consideration and approval to upgrade the Nam On sub-border gate (Bolikhamxay province) to the main border gate to match the Thanh Thuy - Nam On border gate pair./.