Vietnam Plans to Add Border Gates Along Border With Cambodia

Vietnam plans to build 13 new border gates along the boundary line with Cambodia to help boost trade that has already been growing between the two Southeast Asian nations. Vietnam and Cambodia will work out plans to add 13 new border gates over the next seven years in areas belonging to the Central Highlands and the Mekong Delta region the Vietnamese government said Wednesday. One of the new ports of entry will be at a railway station, three on the main highways and nine spread out along the local roads. Other border gates will be upgraded. Trade between Vietnam and Cambodia has been rising fast in recent years, reaching $3.3 billion in 2012. That’s up from $2.8 billion 2011 and $1.8 billion in 2010. Trade between the two countries is expected to hit $5 billion by 2015. Vietnam exported goods valued at $2.8 billion to Cambodia in 2012, up from $2.4 billion in 2011, with the three biggest items being gasoline, steel and textiles. It imported goods worth of $486 million from Cambodia in 2012, up from $430 million in the previous year, with the main items being natural rubber, timber and tobacco material. …

 Nguyen Pham Muoi
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