Strengthening management of land and border crossings.

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of June 23, the People's Committee of Nghe An province held a conference to disseminate and implement Government Decree 112/2014/ND-CP dated November 21, 2014, regulating the management of land border gates.

Comrades Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and Dinh Ngoc Van - Commander of the Provincial Border Guard, chaired the conference. Also attending were Colonel Nguyen Ngoc Cu - Deputy Director of the Border Gate Department - Border Guard Command; representatives of leading officials from provincial departments, agencies, and organizations; representatives from districts, cities, and towns; border control stations; and provincial-level legal lecturers.

The delegates attending the conference.

At the conference, delegates were briefed on the basic contents of Government Decree 112 and Provincial Plan 265/KH/UBND on the implementation of this Decree.

Comrade Dinh Ngoc Van - Commander of the Provincial Border Guard Command - opened the conference.

Comrade Le Xuan Dai - Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - requested that departments and localities coordinate to strengthen the dissemination of the basic contents of Decree 117 to officials and people, especially in border areas.

Comrade Nguyen Ngoc Cu, Deputy Director of the Border Gate Department of the Border Guard Command, requested the People's Committee of Nghe An province to pay attention to investing in infrastructure for border gates.

Nghe An province has a 419km long land border with three provinces of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (accounting for nearly a quarter of the length of the Vietnam-Laos border), with 116 national border markers that have been restored and reinforced, and 44 boundary posts. In addition, there is one international border gate (Nam Can, Ky Son); one main border gate (Thanh Thuy, Thanh Chuong), three secondary border gates; three border crossings; and 12 border crossing points allowing residents of the two border areas of Vietnam and Laos to cross to visit relatives and exchange goods.

The system of border gates, crossings, and entry points is located in 6 districts and 27 border communes, with a total population of 21,809 households/112,116 people. The lives of people in the border area are still lacking and backward, transportation is difficult, and the understanding and implementation of state management functions regarding border gates and land borders by local authorities and units remain limited. Violations of regulations on import, export, and transit; entry and exit in border areas; and import and export of goods; and the activities of various types of crime, especially the illegal trafficking and transportation of narcotics, weapons, and explosives, remain complex.

Comrade Tran Thi Thuy - Head of the Legal Education and Dissemination Department (Department of Justice) briefed on the basic contents of Decree 112.

The conference was attended by representatives from border guard posts and checkpoints.

Therefore, the dissemination and thorough implementation of Government Decree 112 on the management of land border gates is of great importance in creating a legal basis and leveraging the combined strength of the people and the entire political system for the construction and management of land border gates, import, export, transit, and import/export activities, contributing to the protection of national territorial sovereignty and the building of a peaceful, friendly, cooperative, and developing border in Nghe An province in the coming time.

Overview of the conference.

Speaking at the conference, Comrade Nguyen Ngoc Cu, Deputy Director of the Border Gate Department of the Border Guard Command, emphasized the importance of the Decree and requested the People's Committee of Nghe An province to pay attention to investing in equipment and facilities for the border gates that have already been invested in and upgraded so that they can successfully fulfill their tasks.

On behalf of the Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Le Xuan Dai, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, received the feedback and thanked the Deputy Director of the Border Gate Department of the Border Guard Command for his attention to Nghe An. He requested that all levels, sectors, and localities in the province coordinate closely and seriously implement the plan for implementing Decree 112 of the Provincial People's Committee; at the same time, widely and fully disseminate the basic contents of the Decree to cadres, Party members, and the general public through various forms; and build and replicate exemplary models, especially in localities in border areas.

Khanh Ly