HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Authorities in southern Vietnam fined three Cambodians for smuggling more than 6,000 liters of diesel out of the country, a border official said Tuesday.
The smugglers from Kampot province in southern Cambodia were intercepted last week in Vietnamese waters with 6,300 liters (1,660 gallons) of diesel in their boat, said Nguyen Huu Tai, the deputy chief of Xa Xia border checkpoint in Kien Giang province.
The government of Kien Giang fined the Cambodians 2.2 million dong (US$140; euro110) each on Monday for illegal entry and illegally transporting goods across the border, Tai said.
The men were released Monday after paying their fines, he said.
Vietnam estimates that hundreds of thousands of liters of fuel are smuggled into Cambodia daily, causing substantial losses to Vietnam's government which heavily subsidizes the price of fuel.
Diesel is about 5,000 dong (31 U.S. cents; 24 EU cents) cheaper per liter in Vietnam than Cambodia, Tai said.
"It's impossible for us to completely control the fuel smuggling because the border is long and we have a shortage of staff," Tai said.
The Vietnamese government is expected to pay 12.8 trillion dong (US$800 million; euro621 million) in fuel subsidies this year.
Vietnam exports crude oil, but imports refined oil products. Its first oil refinery is under construction in central province of Quang Ngai.
The smugglers from Kampot province in southern Cambodia were intercepted last week in Vietnamese waters with 6,300 liters (1,660 gallons) of diesel in their boat, said Nguyen Huu Tai, the deputy chief of Xa Xia border checkpoint in Kien Giang province.
The government of Kien Giang fined the Cambodians 2.2 million dong (US$140; euro110) each on Monday for illegal entry and illegally transporting goods across the border, Tai said.
The men were released Monday after paying their fines, he said.
Vietnam estimates that hundreds of thousands of liters of fuel are smuggled into Cambodia daily, causing substantial losses to Vietnam's government which heavily subsidizes the price of fuel.
Diesel is about 5,000 dong (31 U.S. cents; 24 EU cents) cheaper per liter in Vietnam than Cambodia, Tai said.
"It's impossible for us to completely control the fuel smuggling because the border is long and we have a shortage of staff," Tai said.
The Vietnamese government is expected to pay 12.8 trillion dong (US$800 million; euro621 million) in fuel subsidies this year.
Vietnam exports crude oil, but imports refined oil products. Its first oil refinery is under construction in central province of Quang Ngai.
3 comments:
Eh ah VietCong the bigest smurgler of all is Tela Khmer and do you dog know who is the read-Fly-head?
Bonary Hunsen the wife of your flee!
This is just another Vietcong propaganda! There are ton and ton of goods enter Cambodia daily and I have yet to see AH HUN SEN fine the Viet smugglers! Sick!
Every little thing Cambodian people do make the fucken headline but when the Viet do and nobody know!
The Viet Govn't continue to do their job for showing and telling about our Cambodia beggars, thieves, prostitutes, and smugglers, etc.
However, up until now, we, Cambodian, have not yet done anything about those ILLEGAL VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANTS that have been ILLEGALLY utilized our Khmer resources.
Top Govn't national and international political policy - Illegal border treaty, Illegal immigrants, and infrastructures (VietTel, roads, electrical posts, etc.)
We need to implemment our tight security policy in the country - like any other country in the world, CAMBODIA PRIORITY NEEDS TO GET RID OF THOSE SPIES. WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED OUR LESSON FROM THE 60'S, 70'S, 80'S, 90'S, AND NOW 2000'S.
WHENEVER YOU ARE READY, THERE ARE MANY EDUCATED KAUN KHMER WAITING TO HELP OUR KHMER PEOPLE AND TO REBUILD CAMBODIA!
THINK ABOUT IT!
Have a good day.
Somlor Ma-Chou Yuon
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