Committees work to facilitate Vietnamese, Lao enterprises
Representatives from the Cooperation Committee of Laos and Vietnam discussed the implementation of Hanoi Agreement 2017 and “one-stop-shop” customs model at the pair of Lao Bao-Densavan border gates.
The Lao Bao border gate in Quang Tri province (Source: VNA)
Quang Tri (VNA) –Representatives from the Vietnam-Laos Cooperation Committee have worked with theircounterparts from the Laos-Vietnam Cooperation Committee on the implementationof the Hanoi Agreement 2017 and the “one-stop-shop” customs model atthe pair of Lao Bao-Densavan border gates.
During their meeting in the central province of Quang Tri on May 24, the twosides informed each other of cooperation between Vietnamese and Lao border localities,and information related to socio-economic development, security-defence,potential and strength for promoting cooperation between the two nations.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Quan Chinh briefed participantson links between Quang Tri and Savannakhet province of Laos, highlightinginvestment of enterprises from the Vietnamese locality in Savannakhet.
He pointed out difficulties facing Vietnamese businesses and people as Laoschanged policies on trade, investment and export-import, proposing the LaoGovernment improve regulations on inspection and coordination between the twosides’ sectors in line with the one-stop-shop model.
Meanwhile, Vice Chairman of the Laos-Vietnam Cooperation Committee Khamphon KeoKin Naly stressed that the Lao Government always creates favourable conditionfor business and trade activities of Vietnamese people in Laos.
He affirmed that the committee will continue building coordination regulations betweenthe two countries at levels, thus promoting export-import turnover between thetwo countries and facilitating Vietnamese firms’ operation in Laos.
Officials of Quang Tri and Savannakhet agreed on measures to make it easy forthe two nation’s enterprises to further development in the time ahead.-VNA
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The Lao Bao border gate in Quang Tri province (Source: VNA) 
