Smugglers first at border gas stations Friday, June 20, 2008
Thanh Nien News
In a district near the Cambodian border, many gas stations are only open at night.
They are closed during the day because they want to keep their gas for smugglers who then resell it in Cambodia at higher prices.
Tran Van Luan, a resident of Kien Luong District of Kien Giang Province on the
Vietnamese side of the border, said gas stations didn’t want to sell to locals but those smuggling fuel to Cambodia could buy as much as they wished.
Smugglers use boats to transport fuel to Kampot Province in Cambodia, where the price of one liter of gas is VND3,000 (US$0.18) higher than that in Vietnam.
They said diesel, which is priced VND13,9000 in Vietnam, sold like hot cakes in Niec Leuong District in Cambodia at $1 a liter.
They could pocket a profit of 12 US cent for a liter.
Fuel smuggling is also a problem in other provinces along the border with Cambodia.
At An Binh border gate in An Giang Province, 30-liter cans of gas are loaded onto boats every day, bound for Cambodia’s Kandal Province.
Many boats also pass by the stations along the province’s Vinh Te Canal to buy gas and bring it to Cambodia’s Takeo Province.
Along So Thuong River between Dong Thap Province and Cambodia, dozens of gas stations are visited by boats that transport fuel to Prey Veng Province every day.
Last week, the market management unit of Kien Giang Province caught the owners of two gas stations as they prepared to illegally transport 7,000 liters of gasoline to Cambodia.
The arrests have not seemed to deter the many others involved in fuel smuggling.
They are closed during the day because they want to keep their gas for smugglers who then resell it in Cambodia at higher prices.
Tran Van Luan, a resident of Kien Luong District of Kien Giang Province on the
Vietnamese side of the border, said gas stations didn’t want to sell to locals but those smuggling fuel to Cambodia could buy as much as they wished.
Smugglers use boats to transport fuel to Kampot Province in Cambodia, where the price of one liter of gas is VND3,000 (US$0.18) higher than that in Vietnam.
They said diesel, which is priced VND13,9000 in Vietnam, sold like hot cakes in Niec Leuong District in Cambodia at $1 a liter.
They could pocket a profit of 12 US cent for a liter.
Fuel smuggling is also a problem in other provinces along the border with Cambodia.
At An Binh border gate in An Giang Province, 30-liter cans of gas are loaded onto boats every day, bound for Cambodia’s Kandal Province.
Many boats also pass by the stations along the province’s Vinh Te Canal to buy gas and bring it to Cambodia’s Takeo Province.
Along So Thuong River between Dong Thap Province and Cambodia, dozens of gas stations are visited by boats that transport fuel to Prey Veng Province every day.
Last week, the market management unit of Kien Giang Province caught the owners of two gas stations as they prepared to illegally transport 7,000 liters of gasoline to Cambodia.
The arrests have not seemed to deter the many others involved in fuel smuggling.
12 comments:
recently Yuon aggresived and take over khmer economic .but it 's not last long when yyuon will be back their home after the real khmer in president.
25 years of copperated with Viet cong about to expire soon .hope Yuon withdrew .no causion.
For vn, only one word for them. vn=blood sucker.
both our neighboring countries leaders are not as stupid as our country's.
both our neighboring countries leaders are not as stupid as our country's.
so what, good business at the border areas. what's wrong with making a small profit for border economy between the two people?
I agree 1:56AM
Big brother Vietnam not too happy to subsidize gasoline price for Cambodia.
Heng Soy;
This is not about subsidize but purely a smuggling issie.
On one hand your people accuse government of corruption by failed to collect all taxes and levies and the other hand your people seemed to suggested that this practice is alright.
If this is the case then your people shall not scream your head off about corruption.
Heng Soy, you'd better make up your mind.
3:03am, IS A JOCK YOU FOOL! AND SHOW THAT AH kWACK HUN XEN AND THE FUCKING COMMUNIST VIETNAME DO NOT KNOW HOW TO WORK TO CONTROL LAWS BESIDE OPPRESSING GOOD CITIZEN OF CAMBODIA AND COMITTING CRIME THEMSELVES!
HENG SOY DO 50% HENG! CAN YOU SEE FOOL! aH GOAT FACE HO CHI MINH AND THE PHD JUST SHIT!
4:27 AM;
I think you are fool of yourself.
The title of the article was written by Heng Soy and also suggested that this kind of words is not a joke when your people want to have a straight record about your opion or unless your people out of mind abouth everything.
Just lock up all Ah Khmer-Yuon, and problem solved.
He can say and so can you.Just be quiet 3:37pm.
Nope, no criminal on this planet can say anything, Ah Pleu (10:05).
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