At the forum (Photo: VNA)
A forum on border trade connectivity between Viet Nam and Cambodia took place on December 10 in An Giang province, aiming to promote cross-border import–export activities and investment opportunities.
According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), during the first nine months of 2025, bilateral trade via land border gates reached 5.9 billion USD, up 15.5% year on year. Viet Nam’s exports increased 16.6% to 5.83 billion USD, mainly textiles, steel and aquatic products, while Cambodia exported rubber, cashew nuts, and other agricultural goods.
The ministry targets bilateral turnover of 20 billion USD by 2030, with a focus on modernising logistics, upgrading warehouse capacity and expanding digital border-gate models.
Vu Thi Minh Ngoc, Head of Trade Infrastructure, Domestic Market Department, said recent bilateral agreements have created an important legal foundation for improving border infrastructure. She noted that digital border procedures and single-stop models are shortening clearance time and increasing freight capacity on key corridors such as Moc Bai–Phnom Penh and Tinh Bien–Takeo.
She emphasised that with major international gates such as Moc Bai, Xa Mat, Tinh Bien, Khanh Binh and Ha Tien, the Viet Nam–Cambodia border area has the potential to become a trade gateway to ASEAN.
While infrastructure has improved, Ngoc said many markets and logistics centres remain outdated, fragmented and lack synchronised planning.
Nguyen Duy Linh Thao, Deputy Director of An Giang’s Department of Industry and Trade, said the province will prioritise developing logistics infrastructure at Tinh Bien, Khanh Binh and Ha Tien border-gate economic zones, including bonded and cold-storage warehouses and new traffic links.
She added that An Giang will accelerate digital transformation, upgrade border markets and promote new commercial services such as duty-free shopping and international logistics.
Toward 2030, the ministry will prioritise modern logistics centres at major border gates and expand smart, one-stop customs procedures to reduce logistics costs and promote socio-economic development in border areas.
Scource: VNA
