Border-gate market attractive to customers

23rd February, 2009

VietNamNet Bridge - The Tinh Bien international border gate market (photo) in southern An Giang province has since early this year received an average of 1,000 visitors every day, earning over 5 billion VND, a year-on-year increase of 42 percent. In this February, the number of visitors coming to the market has doubled the last month’s figure. The market which was established 10 years ago provides home-made products as well as imports from Cambodia and Thailand such as cloth, clothes, household appliances, fruits and foods. Apart from the market, the Tinh Bien international border gate also has a duty-free supermarket which provides more than 200 essential goods items imported from Asian, European and American countries. VietNamNet/VNA