This afternoon, December 19, in Dong Ha City, the Border Guard Command of Quang Tri Province and the Security Departments of Savannakhet and Salavan Provinces (Laos) held their annual talks in 2023. Commander of the Border Guard Command of Quang Tri Province, Colonel Le Van Phuong; Director of the Security Department of Savannakhet Province, Major General Sommai Phommachan; Director of the Security Department of Salavan Province, Major General Sisot Somdala attended the talks.
Leaders of 3 units signed a memorandum of understanding in 2023 - Photo: Phuoc Trung
In the spirit of solidarity and special friendship, the two sides informed each other about the situation on both sides of the border; results of coordination in border management and protection; immigration control; import and export; crime prevention and combat; propaganda work, twinning, and meetings and exchanges in the past time.
Accordingly, the Border Guard of Quang Tri province and the Security Departments of Savannakhet and Salavan provinces have effectively maintained coordination and information exchange to serve the task of managing and protecting the border and border gates.
The two sides have provided each other with more than 1,000 valuable sources of information to serve the task of managing and protecting the border and border gates, fighting and preventing crimes related to both sides of the border, contributing to ensuring security and order in the border area.
The Border Guard Command of Quang Tri province and the Security Department of Savannakhet province advised the border working delegation of the two provinces to work with the border expert delegation of Vietnam and Laos on opening the A Roong (Vietnam) - Xa Dun (Laos) crossing; creating favorable conditions for traffic through the Ta Rung (Vietnam) - La Co (Laos) sub-border gate.
The Quang Tri Provincial Border Guard Command and the Salavan Provincial Security Department have coordinated to survey the infrastructure to serve the Vietnam - Laos National Border Steering Committee to upgrade the pair of secondary border gates Coc (Vietnam) - A Xoc (Laos) into main border gates in the 2020-2030 period.
Leaders of both sides have directed border guards (Vietnam) and police forces (Laos) to maintain and effectively implement the signed twinning regulations. Advise local Party committees and authorities at all levels to maintain and effectively implement the twinning model of residential clusters on both sides of the border and the mass movement to participate in self-management of border lines, border markers, and the fight against crime.
The two sides have coordinated to promote propaganda and mobilize people on both sides of the border to strictly comply with each country's laws and regulations on border areas; and to thoroughly resolve illegal migration, illegal marriages across the border, and encroachment and settlement activities.
In addition, the Quang Tri Provincial Border Guard Command has directed border posts to coordinate with the Security Service stations of Salavan and Savannakhet provinces to effectively implement the program "Helping children go to school", helping 9 Lao students with especially difficult circumstances to go to school.
At the meeting, the Border Guard Command of Quang Tri province and the Security Services of Savannakhet and Salavan provinces signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in 2023.
Accordingly, in the coming time, the two sides agreed to continue to closely and in-depth coordinate in the work of grasping, exchanging information, situations and effectively combating all types of crimes, especially drug crimes, human trafficking; drug trafficking and transportation; activities of exiled reactionaries; terrorist crimes, transnational crimes and other types of crimes related to the two sides of the border.
Coordinate the implementation of professional activities, basic investigations of key and complex crime routes and areas; coordinate the investigation and verification of information about crimes.
Strengthen coordination and advise local Party committees and authorities on each side to promote propaganda and mobilize people to effectively implement the Protocol on Vietnam-Laos border lines and border markers; the Agreement on Vietnam-Laos border management regulations and border gates; and actively participate in the movement to denounce crimes.
The two sides will coordinate to tighten management, inspection and control of entry and exit, import and export through border gates and both sides of the border gate area; promptly detect and strictly handle violations.
Phuoc Trung
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