More than 3,800 Vietnamese people migrated and got married without a license in 3 provinces of Laos.
(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, there are 198 Lao people migrating and getting married without marriage in the border area of Nghe An province; 589 households/3,801 Vietnamese people migrating and getting married without marriage in the areas of Xieng Khouang, Hua Phan and Bolikhamxay provinces (Laos).
This information was given at the Conference on resolving spontaneous migration and unregistered marriages in the border areas of Vietnam and Laos, jointly organized by the joint expert team of Nghe An province (Vietnam) and the joint expert team of Xieng Khouang, Hua Phan and Bolikhamxay provinces (Laos) in Vinh City on April 19.
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| Delegates from Vietnam and Laos offer flowers at the Ho Chi Minh Monument at the Square named after him. Photo: Phuong Linh |
Attending the Conference were comrades: Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Nguyen Cong Luc, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of Nghe An Border Guard. On the Lao side, there were Comrade Bun Ma Bu Cha Lon - Vice Chairman of the Provincial Government Committee; Comrade Kham Pao - Standing Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Government Committee; Comrade Vong Xay Nha Xing Thon - Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Hua Phan province and the team leader, members of the joint expert team, leaders of provincial departments, branches, and sectors, border districts, and commanders of Border Guard Stations on the land border. |
According to unilateral statistics of the provinces, there are currently a total of 198 Lao people migrating and getting married without marriage in the border area of Nghe An province; there are a total of 589 households/3,801 Vietnamese people migrating and getting married without marriage in the areas of Xieng Khouang, Hua Phan and Bolikhamxay provinces (Laos).
Of which, migration to Hua Phan province is 20 households/163 people, migration to Xieng Khouang province is 82 households/526 people, migration to Bolikhamxay province is 487 households/3,112 people.
However, the two sides have not yet conducted a bilateral review and comparison of these figures. The implementation process still faces some difficulties such as: extremely rugged terrain, sparse population, scattered in many areas; the situation of changing names and surnames when migrating to other countries has caused many difficulties for joint expert teams to conduct investigations, surveys, verifications, statistics, and classifications.
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| Representatives of the joint expert groups agreed to cooperate closely to resolve the issue of illegal immigrants and unregistered marriages on schedule. Photo: Phuong Linh |
At the conference, the two sides agreed to set out the direction for the coming time: The joint expert team of the four provinces will continue to effectively implement the next steps in the work of investigating, verifying, classifying and making a list of spontaneous migrants and unregistered marriages to submit to the competent authorities of the pairs of provinces for consideration and request the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to submit to the Governments of the two countries for consideration and decision.
Continue to complete the investigation, survey, classification and list of migrants and unregistered marriages in their provinces, then conduct bilateral investigations between the pairs of provinces. After completing the bilateral investigation, the two sides agree to compile a list and report to the competent authorities of their provinces to report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and submit it to the Head of the border delegation of the two countries for approval.
Advise local authorities to step up propaganda and mobilization work among the people so that people (especially in border areas) understand the contents of the Agreement between the two Governments of Vietnam and Laos on resolving the situation of spontaneous migrants and unregistered marriages, properly implement the guidelines, policies and laws of the Party and State, and create all conditions to help returning migrants quickly integrate into the community and stabilize their lives.
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| Comrade Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee presented a souvenir to Lao friends. Photo: Phuong Linh |
Concluding the conference, comrade Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province requested the Government Committees of the three Lao provinces and the joint expert team of the four provinces to actively and urgently carry out the work according to the set schedule, in order to properly resolve the issue of migrants and unregistered marriages in the border areas between the two countries.
At the same time, during the implementation process, ensure the correct content of the agreement, continuously strengthen the building and consolidation of the special solidarity and friendship between Nghe An province and the provinces of Hua Phan, Xieng Khouang and Bolikhamxay (Laos).
Phuong Linh
April 19, in Vinh City,
