La Lay international border gate borders Laos, belongs to A Ngo commune (H.Dakrong, Quang Tri). According to a report by the Quang Tri functional sector, from the beginning of 2023 to now, more than 38,000 vehicles have cleared customs through this border gate, revenue from the state budget reached 160/220 billion VND assigned for the whole year…
Frequent traffic jams at La Lay International Border Gate
This means that now, on average, La Lay Border Gate collects over 2 billion VND in the budget every day, but the traffic jams that have happened for a long time have not been solved. In particular, recently, the number of goods and vehicles passing through the border gate has increased dramatically, making the above situation even more difficult.
According to calculations, every day, on average, there are 400-450 times of vehicles passing through here. However, La Lay Border Gate only has a combined checkpoint, while the waiting area, inspection yard, and loading yard are not available. The border gate is still very messy.
Specifically, the connecting route from the border marker area to the border gate is only 7.5 m wide, causing frequent congestion in this area. The combined controller has been put into use, but only the output stream can be operated, and the input stream is still incomplete.
Mr. Tran Nam Khanh (Hoang Son Group Joint Stock Company, Ha Tinh) said that now every day, the unit has from 70 to 90 vehicles clearing customs at La Lay Border Gate, and lamented: “Since the declaration was cleared, When it comes to releasing the goods, the traffic jams take a few hours; when the weather and traffic are not favorable, sometimes it takes a whole day.”
OLDNEED TO UPGRADE THE PORTAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Because there is no yard to lower the load, the competent force has to temporarily let businesses unload in a spontaneous fashion, right in the border gate area, everyone can do it. This is only fine when there is little traffic. When the number of vehicles increases sharply, the problem of congestion often occurs at the border gate, sometimes the traffic jam is longer than 2 km.
Major Nguyen The Cuong, Deputy Head of La Lay Border Gate Border Guard Station, said that the unit had to actively coordinate with Lao police to organize vehicle regulation according to time frames, sending officers to road points. narrow to accommodate vehicles. However, this is only a temporary solution.
Meanwhile, Mr. Hoang Ba Linh, Head of La Lay Border Gate Customs Branch, said: “We ask the Provincial People’s Committee to soon grant permits for loading yards behind the border gate, directing industries to collect goods. At the earliest, build waiting yards and inspection yards for import and export goods, especially yards for loading and unloading at the border gate.
According to functional agencies, the number of vehicles at La Lay Border Gate continues to increase sharply. If the border gate infrastructure remains unfinished like this, the problem of congestion will continue to occur and greatly affect the budget revenue.