What does international cooperation on border protection include?
Mr. Lo Van An, residing in Ky Son district, asked: What are the contents of international cooperation on border defense? How are the forms of international cooperation on border defense regulated?
Reply
Article 12 of the 2020 Vietnam Border Law stipulates:
1. Contents of international cooperation on border protection include:
a) Establish and develop border relations; build and expand friendly relations with the authorities, people, and functional forces of countries sharing borders and other countries; develop relations with relevant international organizations;
b) Sign and implement international treaties and international agreements on border defense; establish and implement bilateral and multilateral border defense cooperation mechanisms in accordance with the provisions of law;
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c) Negotiate and resolve issues and incidents related to borders and border gates; patrol the border; control entry and exit, import and export at border gates and across the border in accordance with the provisions of law; prevent and combat crimes and law violations;
d) Fight to prevent all actions that harm border relations between Vietnam and other countries;
d) Prevention, response, and overcoming of incidents, natural disasters, catastrophes, climate change, and epidemics; search, rescue, and relief;
e) Training, professional training, exchange of border experience, transfer of equipment, science and technology to enhance the capacity to perform border tasks.
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2. Forms of international cooperation on border protection include:
a) Signing international treaties and international agreements;
b) Discussion, exchange and cooperation;
c) Exchange and share information;
d) Other forms of cooperation as prescribed by Vietnamese law and international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.
