Home Economy

New border gate opens to Laos

Jul 14th at 12:15
14-07-2012 12:15:48+07:00

New border gate opens to Laos

The Ten Tan-Xom Vang border gate between Viet Nam's Thanh Hoa central province and Laos' Houaphan Province officially became national border gate yesterday.

The border gate also marks the 50th anniversary of Viet Nam-Laos diplomatic ties.

Thanh Hoa and Houaphan provinces share 192km of borderline with three border gates at Na Meo-Nam Xoi, Ban Kheo-Tha Lau and Ten Tan-Xom Vang

Thanh Hoa and Houaphan provinces have already built 89 border markers. Another three are awaiting completion.

National border marker number 281 was also used for the first time at the ceremony to open the new border gate yesterday.

vietnamnews

MOST READ

NEWS SAME CATEGORY

Foreign investors divest from Viet Nam
ECONOMY Jul 14th at 12:12

Foreign investors divest from Viet Nam

Viet Nam was one of the three Asian markets from which foreign investors divested in the first six months of this year, according to Bloomberg.

HCM City to host VN goods fair
ECONOMY Jul 13th at 12:21

HCM City to host VN goods fair

The HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre and the People's Committee of District 2 will organise a fair of Vietnamese high-quality products from July 18 to...

FDI inflow falls but services sector defies trend
ECONOMY Jul 12th at 13:19

FDI inflow falls but services sector defies trend

The services industry has become the most attractive sector for foreign direct investment (FDI) into HCM City, accounting for 50 per cent of total inflow in the...

GDP growth signals positive outlook for City's economy
ECONOMY Jul 12th at 13:16

GDP growth signals positive outlook for City's economy

The HCM City economy is bouncing back, although the GDP growth rate during the first half of the year was reported at roughly 8 per cent, a lower rate than the same...

Advertising cost cap comes under fire
ECONOMY Jul 12th at 13:14

Advertising cost cap comes under fire

Experts and enterprises are renewing the call for removing the cap on the tax deductibility of advertising under the Law on Corporate Income Tax, arguing that the...

Declining CPI raises concerns
ECONOMY Jul 12th at 13:13

Declining CPI raises concerns

The unexpected decline in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) last month may lead to more financial market volatility, according to some participants at a conference...

Disbursement of ODA is slow in Vietnam: Deputy PM
ECONOMY Jul 11th at 19:21

Disbursement of ODA is slow in Vietnam: Deputy PM

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai and the Director of World Bank in Vietnam, Ms. Victoria Kwakwa held a meeting on July 10 to discuss and resolve issues that...

Vietnam considers setting up super-ministry to supervise SOEs
ECONOMY Jul 11th at 12:53

Vietnam considers setting up super-ministry to supervise SOEs

 The proposal to set up a general department in charge of managing and supervising capital at state owned enterprises, which the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has made...

State firms get ultimatum
ECONOMY Jul 11th at 12:37

State firms get ultimatum

The Government on Monday officially promulgated a resolution asking State-owned groups and corporations to complete a capital withdrawal from non-core investments...

Trade value set to double by 2026
ECONOMY Jul 11th at 12:36

Trade value set to double by 2026

Viet Nam is expected to see rapid trade growth in the next 15 years, with its trade expected to almost double by 2026, an HSBC report released yesterday said.

Read More

MOST READ

Back To Top