Administrative procedures at Le Thanh International Border Gate Economic Zone are still cumbersome

On September 27, the People's Committee of Gia Lai province held a dialogue conference between provincial leaders and enterprises with import-export activities at the Le Thanh International Border Gate Economic Zone.

Le Thanh International Border Gate Economic Zone has currently attracted 37 investment projects with a total registered capital of 643.9 billion VND; the estimated realized investment capital is 319.1 billion VND (accounting for 49.6% of the total registered capital).

In the first 8 months of 2025, import-export activities at Le Thanh International Border Gate of enterprises have achieved important results.

Accordingly, import turnover as of August 31 reached 92 million USD, accounting for 19.9% of the province's import turnover. The main imported items include: natural rubber, rough cashew nuts, cassava, fresh bananas, fresh mango, temporary charcoal - re-exported wood, cashew wood used for charcoal...

Export turnover reached 63 million USD, accounting for 2.9% of the province's export turnover. The main export items include: electricity, fertilizers, agricultural supplies, steel structures, steel, animal feed, cardboard boxes serving crop and livestock projects in Cambodia.

The total amount of state budget revenue and other revenues here as of August 31 reached VND 8.6 billion (up 2.4% over the same period last year).

The People's Committee of Gia Lai province assessed that, in addition to the achieved results, import-export enterprises still face many barriers and difficulties in accessing capital, premises, technology, markets and high-quality human resources.

Some mechanisms and policies are still overlapping; some administrative procedures are cumbersome and unsynchronized; management work in some places is still rigid and not really serving businesses.