On 14th July, 2023, the Vietnam Railways Corporation held the opening ceremony of a reefer container train from Song Than station, Binh Duong province to Dong Dang station, Lang Son province, after which the goods were transferred to inland China. The train has a transport volume of about 900 tons with 21 Mc wagons carrying 40 feer reefer containers, a maximum length of 325 m, a maximum transit time of 72 hours (expected to shorten the transportation time after completing the repair and upgrade package of railway infrastructure). Reefer container trains have a closed refrigeration structure, so goods do not need to...
RESTORE OPERATIONS AT MUONG KHUONG BORDER GATE, LAO CAI
Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee has just decided to restore operations at Muong Khuong border gate in Muong Khuong district. It is expected that from 27th July, 2023, activities will be restored at the Muong Khuong border gate (Lao Cai, Vietnam) - Kieu Dau (China) to restore import-export activities through this border gate. In the coming time, Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee will assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the forces involved in the management of Muong Khuong border gate to organize the restoration of import and export activities through this border gate. At the same time, the Management Board...
THE UK OFFICIALLY SIGNED THE PROTOCOL TO JOIN CPTPP
On 16th July, 2023, the British Government announced that it had officially signed the protocol to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after nearly two years of negotiations. CPTPP has 11 members including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The UK Business and Trade Minister signed the document in New Zealand in the presence of 11 CPTPP member countries, making the UK the first new member and the first European country to join the CPTPP since it was established in 2018. The agreement is a big boost for British businesses, opening...
FIRST ALL-CARGO AIR SERVICE BETWEEN VIETNAM, UK LAUNCHED
TT Meridian, a leading international logistics and trading company specialising in the UK and Vietnam markets, on May 19 announced a new all-cargo air route between the UK and Vietnam via Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan Airlines cargo plane at London Stansted Airport is about to fly back to Vietnam, transiting Turkmenistan The new route, announced by the company on May...
SITUATION OF IMPORT AND EXPORT OF VIETNAM'S GOODS IN THE SECOND HALF OF APRIL 2023 (FROM 16 TO 30 APRIL, 2023)
The latest preliminary statistics of the General Department of Customs show that the total import and export value of Vietnam's goods in the period of second half of April 2023 (from 16th to 30th April, 2023) reached 26, $78 billion, an increase of 2.7% (equivalent to an increase of $702 million) compared to the results in the first half of April 2023. The results achieved in the second half of April 2023 brought the total import-export value of the whole country in the four months of 2023 to reach US$ 206.76 billion, down 15.3% (equivalent to US$ 37.47...
250 PROCEDURES CONNECTED WITH NATIONAL SINGLE WINDOW
In addition to connecting the National Single Window, the General Department of Customs is coordinating with relevant ministries and agencies in connecting the Single Window with partners inside and outside the ASEAN region. As the Standing Agency of the National Steering Committee on ASEAN Single Window, National Single Window and Trade Facilitation (Steering Committee 1899), the General Department of Customs has been urging and closely working with ministries and agencies to implement the National Single Window, the ASEAN Single Window, and ASEAN Trade Facilitation. Accordingly, the General Department of Customs has mobilized resources to build a master plan for developing an information...