Khánh Bình International Land Border Gate in An Giang Province. — VNA/VNS Photo

AN GIANG — An Giang Province is planning to form logistics centres and an expressway system linked to its international border gate areas, building momentum for its border-gate economy and facilitating cross-border trade.

An Giang Province shares a 148-kilometre border with Cambodia, featuring four international border gates. These border gates provide the province with opportunities to expand trade, develop logistics, and enhance services that support import-export activities and the overall border economy.

Lê Trung Hồ, Vice Chairman of the An Giang Provincial People's Committee, said the advantage of An Giang Province lies not only in its border but also in its position linking major Mekong Delta production areas.

This advantage helps the province become an important two-way transit gateway for goods from the Mekong Delta to Phnom Penh, Cambodia and the Gulf of Thailand region.

Hồ Văn Mừng, Chairman of the An Giang Provincial People's Committee, said that to unlock the border's economic potential, the province is implementing solutions such as gradually completing transport infrastructure around the international border gates.

He also said the province will also focus on modernising border-gate management and operations towards building digital and smart border gates.

Mừng mentioned that they will also attract business investment, along with connecting industrial zones and clusters and production areas of the province and the Mekong Delta with the Cambodian market.

Furthermore, the An Giang Provincial People's Committee directed relevant agencies to study options for building a new road from the Châu Đốc-Cần Thơ-Sóc Trăng Expressway area to the Tịnh Biên and Khánh Bình international border gates.

Border activities

Located at the end of Highway 91C in An Giang Province's Khánh Bình Commune, the Khánh Bình International Land Border Gate is directly connected with the Chrey Thom Border Gate in Kandal Province, Cambodia via the Long Bình – Chrey Thom Bridge.

The international border gate was inaugurated on October 3 and its position is only around 75 kilometres from the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.

It holds a significant advantage in becoming one of the major hubs helping supply goods from the Mekong Delta to the Cambodian market.

Nguyễn Hữu Sương, permanent deputy head of the An Giang Provincial Economic Zone Management Board, said export activities through the Khánh Bình border gate have recently seen positive changes.

Sương said the provincial Economic Zone Management Board will advise on investing in and upgrading the roads leading to the border gate.

They will also study solutions for organising traffic, transport and logistics connectivity to facilitate goods flows and reduce time and costs for businesses.

This will contribute to forming a hub for transit, circulation and the supply of logistics services, creating conditions to connect import-export activities across the border area. — VNS