Ky Son district held meetings with neighboring districts of Laos that share the same border.
(Baonghean.vn) - The districts of the two countries and the Nam Can International Border Gate Customs Cluster - Laos agreed to maintain and strengthen the mechanism of periodic, thematic and ad hoc information exchange. At the same time, the two sides will strengthen their foreign cooperation relations.
In Xieng Khouang province (Laos), the Ky Son district delegation led by comrade Vi Hoe - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the District People's Council attended the 2022 year-end meeting with Noong Het, Muong Moc, Muong Kham districts - Xieng Khouang province; Muong Quan - Hua Phan province; Nam Can International Border Gate Customs Cluster and congratulated the 47th anniversary of the National Day of the Lao PDR (December 2, 1975 - December 2, 2022).
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Comrade Vi Hoe - Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Ky Son district spoke at the meeting with districts of Laos that share the border. Photo: Huyen Thu |
The meeting took place in a joyful, open, frank, united, and especially friendly and cooperative atmosphere. The delegations discussed the situation of economic, cultural, social, defense and security development. They agreed to strengthen leadership, direction, and extensive propaganda in the political system and among the people to promote the tradition of special friendship on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962 - September 5, 2022) and the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Friendship and Cooperation Treaty (July 18, 1977 - July 18, 2022) and the Vietnam-Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022.
The conference participants continued to affirm the tradition of special friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Laos "Forever green - Forever sustainable"; the sincere feelings and camaraderie between the Party Committee, Government and people of Ky Son district and the Party Committee, Government and people of sister districts, districts sharing the border and the Nam Can International Border Gate Customs Cluster, Laos.
At the same time, the districts agreed to evaluate the results achieved in the coordination work between the two sides in the following fields: Socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, building the political system, preventing the Covid-19 epidemic, fighting against cross-border crimes (especially drug crimes, criminal crimes, smuggling and trade fraud...).
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Heads of delegations from districts sharing a common border agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding in 2022. Photo: Huyen Thu |
The leaders of Ky Son district expressed their deep gratitude for the sincere feelings, concern, sharing, help, material and spiritual support of the Party Committee, Government and people of Xieng Khouang province and 04 neighboring districts of Laos, the Customs cluster of Nam Can International Border Gate - Laos, companies and enterprises in Laos for Ky Son district in overcoming the consequences of damage caused by the historic flash flood that occurred on October 2, 2022 in the district.
The districts of the two countries and the Nam Can International Border Gate Customs Cluster - Laos agreed to maintain and strengthen the mechanism of periodic, thematic and ad hoc information exchange. At the same time, the two sides will strengthen foreign relations, cooperation, people-to-people diplomacy, and commune-village twinning, etc.
At the end of the meeting, Ky Son district and districts sharing the border, twinned districts and Nam Can - Laos International Border Gate Customs Cluster agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding on the meeting contents, and agreed on the meeting time for the first 6 months of 2023, in Ky Son district.