Leaders of Quang Tri and Savannakhet provinces signed cooperation contents at the meeting.
Attending from Quang Tri province were Acting Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for Vietnam - Laos Border Work of Quang Tri province Ha Sy Dong; from Savannakhet province were Deputy Governor, Head of the Steering Committee for Laos - Vietnam Border Work of Lang-thong Seng-ta-van province along with functional agencies and border localities of the two provinces; representatives of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Savannakhet.
Speaking at the meeting, Acting Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ha Sy Dong emphasized: Peace, cooperation and development continue to be the trend and aspiration of countries and peoples in the world. Quang Tri and Savannakhet are facing many new opportunities, especially from the new wave of foreign investment in strategic transport projects of Vietnam and Laos connecting countries in the East-West Economic Corridor.
At the meeting, the delegations of the two provinces informed about the socio-economic situation in 2024; assessed the results of coordination in border-related work between Quang Tri province and Savannakhet province since the annual meeting between the two provinces held in January 2024 until now.
Scene of the meeting between the two provinces of Quang Tri and Savannakhet
In 2024, the functional forces managing and protecting the border of the two provinces of Quang Tri - Savannakhet will organize 1 provincial-level bilateral patrol/24 rounds, 20 station-level bilateral patrols/480 officers and soldiers participating; ensure the border and landmarks remain intact, promptly detect and handle violations of border regulations, and effectively prevent smuggling and illegal exploitation of forest and land products.
The special working group of Quang Tri and Savannakhet provinces continues to coordinate closely and do a good job in collecting martyrs' graves. In the dry season of 2023 - 2024, 12 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died during the war in Laos were collected. On May 25, 2024, Quang Tri province coordinated with Savannakhet province to organize a ceremony to receive the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers back to the country for burial at the National Martyrs' Cemetery on Road 9, ensuring thoughtfulness and solemnity.
Quang Tri province has proactively discussed with Savannakhet province about upgrading and expanding the road from Ta Oi district, Salavan province to Dong village, Se Pon district, Savannakhet province to meet the demand for transporting coal from Laos to Vietnam...
Acting Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ha Sy Dong spoke at the meeting.
Based on the achieved results, the two provinces reached an agreement and signed the minutes of the 2024 annual talks between Quang Tri and Savannakhet with the main contents: Maintaining good implementation of propaganda, dissemination,education and mobilization of people in border areas to comply with the legal documents on the border between Vietnam and Laos signed by the two governments.
Continue to direct border management and protection forces and relevant agencies and localities to cooperate closely in exchanging experiences and sharing information in military-security and border work; coordinate to combat, prevent and promptly handle acts affecting the border line, border markers, and violations of border regulations; prevent and combat illegal entry and exit activities and free migration in border areas; prevent and combat cross-border crimes and other activities affecting security and order in the Vietnam-Laos border area.
Savannakhet Province Deputy Governor Ling-thong Seng-ta-van speaks at the meeting
Continue to direct departments, branches and localities to propagate and take measures to prevent illegal migration and unregistered marriages in the border areas of Quang Tri and Savannakhet provinces.
The two sides continued to direct relevant agencies to promote administrative reform, apply the "digital border gate" model to facilitate import and export activities, entry and exit of people, goods and vehicles through the Lao Bao - Densavan international border gate pair. Agreed to promote and direct local agencies to continue to effectively promote the Ban - Ban twinning model on both sides of the border; encourage the organization of cultural exchange activities, sports, health care for people in border areas, exchange of experiences in agricultural production and other related contents.
The Vietnam - Laos Border Steering Committee of Quang Tri province awarded 100 million VND to the Laos - Vietnam Border Steering Committee of Savannakhet province.
On this occasion, the Vietnam - Laos Border Steering Committee of Quang Tri province awarded 100 million VND to the Laos - Vietnam Border Steering Committee of Savannakhet province.
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Source: https://www.quangtri.gov.vn/chi-tiet-tin/-/view-article/1/13848241113627/1733829651962
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