Strengthening propaganda on Vietnam's land border work

Speaking at the conference, Comrade Mai Van Huynh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Kien Giang province, said that Kien Giang has signed and cooperated with 5 provinces and cities of Cambodia including: Kep, Kampot, Preah Sihanouk, Koh Kong and the capital Phnom Penh in the fields such as security, defense, trade, culture, sports, tourism, agriculture, fisheries, health, education, searching, collecting, repatriating the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died during the war in Cambodia, people-to-people exchange, etc.

Comrade Mai Van Huynh, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Kien Giang province spoke at the conference.

The total import-export turnover at the two border gates of Ha Tien - Preak Chack and Giang Thanh - Ton Hon in 2022 reached over 178 million USD. Since 2001, Kien Giang has collected the remains of 2,074 martyrs of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts.

To date, Vietnam and Cambodia have demarcated 42,371m of border, and have completed the construction of 23/28 main border markers. Immediately after Vietnam and Cambodia signed two legal documents recognizing the achievements of demarcating and planting 84% of the land border, the Provincial Party Committee directed to promote extensive propaganda among cadres, party members and people of all walks of life.

To speed up the completion of the demarcation and marker planting work on the land border between Vietnam and Cambodia, Kien Giang province has proposed to the Central Government to soon approve the policy of continuing negotiations with Cambodia to resolve the 16% of the unfinished border demarcation and marker planting on the land border between Vietnam and Cambodia, including the remaining border area in Kien Giang province from marker 296 to marker 300.

Comrade Le Hai Binh, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, spoke at the conference.

Comrade Le Hai Binh, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, emphasized: It is necessary to continue to enhance the role, effectiveness of the content and methods of propaganda work; promote foreign information and propaganda activities, including propaganda work in Khmer and the languages of ethnic minorities in the Vietnam - Cambodia border area.

Delegates visit the photo exhibition "Pride of a border strip".

At the same time, increase attention to training, improving capacity, qualifications and creating favorable conditions in terms of facilities for forces doing propaganda work, especially propagandists at the grassroots level such as: village elders, village chiefs, hamlet chiefs, prestigious people in the community. Further promote the role of focal points, spreading to propagate and orient information of the government, people at all levels, village elders, village chiefs, border guards in border areas.

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