Under the plan, relevant functional agencies will disseminate the contents of the agreement, guide the implementation of the deal and relevant guiding documents and support commercial businesses in Viet Nam-Laos border areas.
They will also develop the operations of border markets and organize a rotary conference in each nation on Viet Nam-Lao border trade cooperation.
Trade promotion activities will be strengthened by relevant agencies in order to boost cross-border trade, including market research and surveys, trade fairs and exhibitions, advertisements, consultation and services enhancing the ability to access and penetrate into markets via Viet Nam-Laos border gates.
Programmes will also be implemented to encourage traders and border residents to invest in production and cultivation in Laos’s border provinces, taking advantage of the agreement’s investment incentives.
Meanwhile, efforts will be made to facilitate tourism associated with border trade; expand cross-border cultural tours as well as those connecting Vietnamese and Lao localities; and encourage the building and development of tours further inland in the two countries and connecting with other nations in the region.
By Vien Nhu
