Vietnam has decided to upgrade three national border gates with Cambodia into international ones, local newspaper Labor reported Monday.

Under a governmental decision, the country will improve the border gates of Xa Xia, Dinh Ba and Le Thanh in the two southern provinces of Kien Giang and Dong Thap, and central highlands Gia Lai province, respectively.

The country will also upgrade three small border gates in Kien Giang, southern Long An province and central highlands Dac Lac province into national ones.

Ten of Vietnam's 64 cities and provinces border nine localities of Cambodia.

Trade between the two countries, which increased to 900 million U.S. dollars in 2006 from 117 million dollars in 1998, is expected to reach 2 billion dollars in 2010, according to the Vietnamese Trade Ministry.

Source: Xinhua