Strengthening management of Vietnam-Laos land border

Mr. Luong Nguyen Minh Triet said that Quang Nam is interested in creating conditions for people from border villages of Se Kong province to go to medical facilities in Tay Giang and Nam Giang districts for medical examination and treatment.

Referring to the seriously degraded National Highway 14D from Ben Giang to Nam Giang International Border Gate, the Secretary of Quang Nam Provincial Party Committee hoped that the route would soon be handled to facilitate cooperation, transport goods, promote investment between the two sides, and create opportunities for businesses from the two provinces to invest and do business.

At the conference, Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu said that Vietnam and Laos are two close neighboring countries, with a close friendly relationship throughout the history of building and defending the country of the two peoples.

Comrade Nguyen Minh Vu, Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke at the conference. Photo: Internet.

The Vietnam - Laos border is about 2,337.459km long, passing through 10 Vietnamese border provinces: Dien Bien, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Kon Tum.

In 1975, Vietnam was unified, Laos also won victory nationwide; the border issue between the two countries had favorable conditions to be resolved. Implementing the 1977 Vietnam - Laos National Border Treaty, the two sides coordinated to demarcate and plant markers along the entire border.

On the basis of the signed agreement, the two sides have established a bilateral mechanism to coordinate border and border gate management from the central to local levels.

Notably, the maintenance of bilateral patrol regime, strengthening coordination and information exchange between levels and sectors to properly resolve arising issues; promptly detecting damaged border markers or areas at high risk of landslides and reporting and recommending appropriate handling measures to competent authorities. Thereby contributing to stabilizing the border line and border markers, maintaining political security and social order and safety in the border area between Vietnam and Laos, creating conditions for the development of the border area in particular and the whole country in general./.

Kim Oanh