Vietnam, Laos review border co-operation

The Vietnamese and Lao chairpersons of the two countries’ joint committee for border marker planting held a meeting in Hanoi on March 1 and 2.

The marker No. 597 on the Vietnam-Laos border (Photo:VNA)

The two sides praised the completion of the Vietnam-Laos project to increase and upgrade national markers along their shared borderline as scheduled. The project has established a system of 1,002 markers and stakes, defining a stable, clear and easy-to-recognise border line between the two countries.

They agreed to ask the two governments to organise a ceremony in order to mark the completion of the project and sign a protocol on the borderline and national border markers of Vietnam and Laos and an agreement on regulations of managing the borderline and border gates.

The two sides noted the positive outcomes of both countries’ border management, as seen in the political-security situation and social order and safety in border areas, the friendly and co-operative ties between ministries, central agencies and local authorities of border areas.

They discussed and reached an agreement on border-related tasks for 2016, including accelerating the implementation of a government agreement on handling unplanned migration and unregistered marriages in border areas.

On March 2, head of the Vietnamese sub-committee Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and his Lao counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith signed off on several additions to the protocol on Vietnam-Laos borderline and national border markers.

(Source: NDO)