Backlog of trucks remains at Vietnam's border gates

Thousands of trucks are still lying stranded at Tân Thanh border gate due to sluggish customs clearance. - laodong.vn

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): Trade bottlenecks are easing but nearly 3,000 trucks are still bogged down at border gates due to persistently sluggish customs clearance, according to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Lạng Sơn Province.

The department said around 1,571 trucks were still stuck at Hữu Nghị border gate, 515 trucks at Chi Ma and 766 at Tân Thanh by Jan 3. Goods are being cleared at a rate equal to just one-fifth of the rate prior to the pandemic.