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CARGO
moving between China and Vietnam once had
to go through complicated procedures and
be reloaded onto trucks from the country
before they could be carried to the destination.
But
in recent years there has developed direct
trucking between the two countries, eliminating
the need of unloading and reloading, greatly
cutting time and cost, and deepening logistics
and trade cooperation between China and
ASEAN countries, Xinhua reports.
Before
the direct trucking service, reloading freight
could cost a lot, said Tang Chao, a manager
from a local freight forwarder in southwestern
China's Guangxi Autonomous, which borders
Vietnam,
He
said fruit would suffer the damage done
during reloading the lost amounting to 25
per cent of the total of the cost in some
cases.
Since
February 2012, a number of direct trucking
routes were launched between China and Vietnam,
including the ones from southern China port
city Shenzhen to Vietnam's Hanoi, from Guangxi
capital Nanning to Hanoi, from Guangxi's
border city Chongzuo to Halong and from
another border city Baise to Cao Bang.
These
routes allow trucks from both of the countries
to drive directly across the border without
having to unload and reload freight at the
border checkpoint, which brings much convenience
to Sino-Vietnamese trade.
The
direct trucking routes have also greatly
facilitated trade between China and the
other ASEAN countries. In 2012, China's
trade with ASEAN grew 10.2 per cent year
on year to a new high of US$40 million,
helping China stay as the largest trade
partner of ASEAN for the fourth consecutive
year.
Li
Jie, secretary of the Guangxi Federation
of Logistics and Purchase, said that for
the next step, China and ASEAN should speed
up the building of infrastructures connecting
the two regions to deepen their logistics
cooperation.
China
Federation of Logistics and Purchase vice
chairman Cai Jin, said that China and ASEAN
should cooperate on developing more multi-modal
services and on one-stop logistics operation
service to enhance efficiency and facilitate
the economic integration of China and ASEAN.
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