Viet Nam and Cambodia will increase customs co-operation, focusing on border co-operation, to create favourable conditions for the two countries' trade and struggle against smuggling and trade fraud under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in Phnom Penh on Wednesday.
The
MoU was signed by Director General of the Viet Nam General Department
of Customs Nguyen Ngoc Tuc and Director General of Customs and Excise
Department of the Royal Government of Cambodia Pen Siman.
Director
general Pen Siman affirmed that relations between the two customs
agencies have developed strongly, contributing to the economic
development of both countries.
Director
general Tuc proposed Cambodia increase exchanges of information
relating to imports and exports of goods and the fight against smuggling
and trade fraud via borders and create favourable conditions relating
to exit and entry procedures for tourists between the two countries.
He
suggested Cambodia organise a third border customs conference in
Cambodia in the third quarter of this year and effectively enhance
bilateral meetings between customs agencies of border provinces between
the two countries.
The
Vietnamese side proposed Cambodia create favourable conditions for
Vietnamese businesses to bring provisionally-imported machines and
equipment to Cambodia to implement rubber plantation projects.
The
two sides shared a common concern about forecasts that indicated that
the smuggling and illegal transport of goods via the Viet Nam-Cambodia
border would become more complex.
The
Vietnamese delegation is scheduled to attend a customs conference
between ASEAN countries, Japan and the Asian Development Bank today in
Phnom Penh.
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