Continue to protect and manage well the border between Vietnam and Laos

On the afternoon of December 6, in Cua Lo town (Nghe An), the conference to propagate and disseminate policies and laws to typical village chiefs on both sides of the Vietnam - Laos border, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam and Laos, continued to take place as planned.

Comrade Le Minh Khai - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam and Comrade Xa Lom Xay Kom Ma Xit - Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos co-chaired the conference.

Delegates from the two countries attending the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

The conference continued to hear delegates from the two countries present their opinions on issues of Laos's entry and exit regulations for residents in border areas; issues of civil status and nationality of residents in Vietnam - Laos border areas and regulations of Laos; issues of civil status and nationality of residents in Vietnam - Laos border areas and regulations of Vietnam; security and order situation in Vietnam - Laos border areas and issues that need attention.

Delegates agreed that, by promoting the role of village chiefs - those who have close connections and positive influences on the development of residential communities in ethnic minority areas, the work of propaganda, dissemination and legal education for border residents, especially regulations directly related to the rights and interests of people such as household registration and nationality in recent times, has achieved many important results.

Comrade Suc Sa May Xay Nha Seng - Deputy Director of the Immigration Department of the Lao Ministry of Security presented a speech. Photo: Pham Bang

Comrade Nguyen Thanh Hai - Director of the Department of Civil Status and Nationality, Ministry of Justice of Vietnam presented a speech. Photo: Pham Bang

Therefore, in the coming time, Party committees and local authorities on both sides need to regularly pay attention and create conditions for village chiefs to fully promote their abilities in propagating and mobilizing people to comply with the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws, contributing to stabilizing the population in border areas.

In his concluding remarks at the conference, Comrade Xa Lom Xay Kom Ma Xit - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos emphasized that this is an extremely important conference, aiming to create mutual understanding and strengthen the special friendship between the two countries.

We are extremely pleased with the results of cooperation between the two countries, resolving arising issues, jointly protecting and preserving the border, ensuring the achievements that the two Parties and two States have worked hard to build over the past time.

Comrade Xa Lom Xay Kom Ma Xit - Politburo member, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos delivered the concluding speech at the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

In recent times, the cooperation between the two countries has achieved many great results, but there are still some issues that need to be resolved in the coming time. In particular, the preservation of border markers is very important, so it is necessary to continue to protect them, avoid sabotage, and take advantage of the border to carry out illegal acts, and sabotage the relationship between the two countries. Continue to disseminate and propagate the legal regulations of the two countries so that people in the border area understand and together protect the stable border.

The National Border Committees of the two countries need to closely coordinate with localities, provide full and timely information so that the propaganda can be highly effective. In addition, it is necessary to have measures to prevent negative phenomena in the border area by joint patrol solutions. Apply the twinning mechanism to build and develop the economy in the common development areas at the border, to bring benefits to the people of the two countries, thereby repelling negative phenomena.

Delegates from the two countries attending the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

Concluding the conference, Comrade Le Minh Khai - Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam emphasized that strengthening propaganda, dissemination and legal education to raise awareness for officers, soldiers and people, especially people in border areas, is one of the focuses of Vietnam - Laos border work.

The dissemination and popularization of international treaties and agreements, especially the contents of two legal documents on borders, including the Protocol on Vietnam-Laos border lines and border markers and the Agreement on border management regulations and land border gates between Vietnam and Laos, are of special importance, determining the effectiveness of border work between our two countries.

Comrade Le Minh Khai - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister delivered the concluding speech at the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

The task in the coming time is that Vietnam and Laos need to continue to closely coordinate, effectively protect the border and border markers, promptly detect and resolve incidents arising on the border, ensure compliance with border management regulations between the two countries, contribute to ensuring security and order in the border area, promote socio-economic development between border localities in particular and the border area in general.

In that spirit, the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam requested the Foreign Ministries of the two countries and relevant ministries, branches and localities to continue promoting and stepping up propaganda, dissemination and legal education for officers, soldiers and people in the border areas of the two countries, contributing to raising awareness and the role of people of the two countries in the management and protection of border lines and landmarks.

Delegates from the two countries attending the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

The Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam also requested that the exemplary village chiefs continue to promote their role as the core in propaganda, mobilization and guidance for people in border communes and villages to properly implement the policies of the two Parties and the legal regulations of the two countries, especially in border crossings, marriages in border areas, and issues related to encroachment, encroachment and free migration.

Comrades need to continue to strengthen cultural exchanges and cooperation, replicate the model of village-to-village friendship, and together build the border areas of both sides into typical cultural villages and hamlets, bright spots in the Fatherland's border. Thereby, building and developing the socio-economic situation of the border areas, eliminating hunger, reducing poverty, improving the lives of people in the border areas of both sides; at the same time, fostering the good traditional friendship between our two countries.