Lieutenant General Vu Trung Kien, Commander of the Viet Nam Border Guard, co-chaired the meeting with Deputy Head of China’s General Administration of Customs Wu Haiping.
Both sides evaluated past performance and identified key areas for coordination to deepen practical, effective bilateral cooperation.
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Lieutenant General Vu Trung Kien speaks at the meeting. |
Since the 10th meeting in November 2025, both sides have enhanced coordination in border management, immigration control, and digital and smart border gate construction. They stepped up administrative reforms and enacted measures to streamline customs clearance, ease travel, and boost trade, maintaining stable growth in cross-border trade value.
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Deputy Head of China’s General Administration of Customs Wu Haiping speaks at the meeting. |
Maintaining regular contact, both sides directed border working groups in Viet Nam's seven border provinces and management offices in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Yunnan province to resolve clearance bottlenecks promptly. In 2026, the committee exchanged six official letters, while provincial groups and Chinese offices exchanged 56 letters, guiding local authorities through border opening and upgrading procedures with positive outcomes.
They have worked together to advance administrative reforms and proposed measures to make it easier for travelers and businesses to cross the border and move goods through the gates, supporting economic and social development in both countries.
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Lieutenant General Vu Trung Kien and Deputy Head of China’s General Administration of Customs Wu Haiping sign the minutes of the meeting. |
They have actively provided guidance and oversight for the pilot implementation of "smart border gates" along the dedicated freight routes in the areas of border markers 1088-1089 and 1119-1120 at the Huu Nghi - Youyi Guan international border gate pair. The pilot implementation also covers the Mong Cai - Dongxing international border gates and the Kim Thanh - Beishan and Bat Xat - Ba Sai clearance routes at the Lao Cai - Hekou international border gate pair.
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Delegates from both sides pose for a group photo. |
The two sides will work with the Viet Nam-China Land Border Joint Committee to help amend and supplement two legal documents on the border. They will also advance plans agreed at previous meetings to open or upgrade crossings, including the A Pa Chai - Longfu bilateral border gates and the Ban Khoong - Nham Ung clearance route at the Ly Van - Shuolong bilateral border gate pair. They will direct local authorities on both sides to speed up procedures to upgrade the Chi Ma - Ai Dian border gates to international status.
The two sides will continue to streamline procedures at border gates, implement electronic border guard and customs procedures, and use green lanes to clear agricultural products more quickly. They will also shorten physical inspections of goods to facilitate cross-border travel and trade.
The two sides will work together to accelerate the pilot implementation of smart border gates on the dedicated freight routes in the areas of markers 1119-1120 and 1088-1089 at the Huu Nghi - Youyi Guan international border gate pair.
Translated by Minh Anh