Building a peaceful and sustainably developed Vietnam - Laos border

On October 16, in Quang Nam province, the Central Propaganda Department chaired and coordinated with the Quang Nam Provincial Party Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , and the Border Guard Command to organize a conference to disseminate information on land border management between Vietnam and Laos for 10 Vietnam-Laos border provinces.

Attending the conference were nearly 250 delegates who were leaders and key officials of departments, branches and armed forces of 10 provinces bordering Laos, including: Dien Bien , Son La, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Kon Tum.

Propaganda conference on Vietnam - Laos land border management on October 16 in Quang Nam (Photo: Cong Binh).

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Vu Thanh Mai - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department - affirmed that Vietnam and Laos are two close neighboring countries, with a special friendship, closely linked throughout the history of building and defending the country of the two peoples, with the same steadfast goal of national independence and socialism.

According to Mr. Mai, in recent years, the border situation between the two countries has been maintained and ensured to be stable. The functional forces of the two countries regularly exchange, grasp information, and coordinate to resolve border issues promptly and effectively such as: preventing and promptly handling violations of border regulations, preventing and combating cross-border crimes. Especially drug crimes, inciting, enticing and illegally bringing people across the border.

The functional forces of the two countries have also coordinated to contribute to protecting environmental resources in border areas, promoting cooperation in developing border gates to better serve the management, control of border crossings and socio-economic development in the Vietnam - Laos border area.

Border Guards of Quang Nam province (Vietnam) and Sekong province Military Command (Laos) conduct bilateral patrols along the border section from landmarks 691 to 702 (Photo: Quang Nam Border Guards).

"The world and regional situation continues to evolve rapidly and complicatedly; the trend of peace, cooperation and development faces many challenges," Mr. Mai emphasized.

Mr. Mai also said that the domestic political, economic and social situation is stable, the foreign affairs of the Party, State and people's diplomacy continue to be maintained and promoted, the prestige and position of the country are constantly improving.

However, hostile forces continue to thoroughly exploit issues of national border sovereignty, ethnicity, and religion to propagate distortions and fabrications to sabotage Vietnam and divide the traditional friendship between Vietnam and neighboring countries.

The Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department emphasized that in that context, all levels, sectors and localities in border areas need to continue to innovate and diversify the content and forms of propaganda, increase the application of information technology, digital transformation, focus on propaganda in the languages ​​of ethnic groups living in border areas and foreign propaganda on border work on land.

To maintain a peaceful, stable and sustainably developed border, according to Mr. Mai, it is necessary to innovate the method of participating in building a strong, comprehensive and in-depth border, especially in grasping the local situation and promoting the mass movement to protect the border and landmarks.

Besides, Mr. Mai also said that it is necessary to further promote the positive results achieved in implementing tasks, ensuring close, timely, multi-dimensional and comprehensive coordination between forces in propaganda and education.

Quang Nam Provincial Party Secretary Luong Nguyen Minh Triet speaks at the conference (Photo: Cong Binh).

Sharing at the conference, Mr. Luong Nguyen Minh Triet - Secretary of Quang Nam Provincial Party Committee - said that land border management work has always been of interest to all levels and sectors of the province and has achieved many important results.

Quang Nam province and Sekong province (Laos) have effectively implemented the model of twinning villages on both sides of the border. Up to now, 35 villages/10 border communes in Tay Giang and Nam Giang districts have been twinned with 16 villages/3 clusters of villages in Ka Lum and Dac Chung districts, Sekong province.

"This model is meaningful and brings practical results in many aspects, in which the outstanding result is that political security, order and social safety in border areas are maintained," said Mr. Triet.

He emphasized that through this special people-to-people exchange activity, the communities on both sides of the border not only have the opportunity to build and strengthen close and familiar relationships but can also share and help each other in socio-economic development.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/xa-hoi/xay-dung-tuyen-bien-gioi-viet-lao-hoa-binh-va-phat-trien-ben-vung-20241016091930697.htm