Investigations suggested the use of middlemen resulted in irregularities and traders avoided paying the full tariff. In some cases, only half of the full amount was paid, the governor said.
the governor said the province in collaboration with the Finance Ministry was prepared to reassign officials found to be involved in wrongdoing.
In the wake of these changes, monthly tariffs collected at the border crossing-one of the province's main revenue generating sources - have more than doubled to 73 billion kip, up from about 35 billion kip recorded previously.