Vietnam to set up traffic control offices along border with China

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan proposed by Vietnam's Ministry of Transport (MoT) on establishing three traffic control offices in border gates with China, local media reported on Wednesday.

According to Bao Giao Thong (Transport News), an online newspaper under the MoT, traffic control offices will be set up in three border gates - Lao Cai in northwestern Lao Cai province, Huu Nghi in northern Lang Son province and Mong Cai in eastern Quang Ninh province.

The move is aimed at implementing a protocol on amending bilateral road transport agreement between Vietnamese and Chinese governments signed on Oct. 11, 2011.

The MoT, relevant agencies and localities are assigned to arrange, organize and monitor these offices in order to ensure efficiency of traffic control, facilitate exports and imports as well as make a report on operation of the offices after two years of implementation, reported Bao Giao Thong.