Today, April 8, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a conference to disseminate and guide the implementation of planning for land border gates. The delegation of Quang Tri province, led by Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ha Sy Dong, attended the conference.
Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ha Sy Dong spoke at the conference - Photo: Tien Nhat
Speaking at the conference, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ha Sy Dong said: Quang Tri province has a land border of 187.864 km, bordering Savannakhet and Salavan provinces (Laos); there are 2 international border gates: Lao Bao bordering Densavan International Border Gate (Savannakhet province) and La Lay bordering La Lay International Border Gate (Salavan province).
In addition, there are 4 pairs of secondary border gates: Ta Rung - La Co; Cheng - Ban May; Thanh - Denvilay; Coc - A Xoc. There are 6 temporary border crossing trails, of which: between Quang Tri province and Savannakhet province there are 5 points including: Cu Bai - Cheng Tup, A Roong - Xa Dun, Tan Kim - Ka Tup, Dong Thanh - My Yen, Xy - Ban Oi; between Quang Tri province and Salavan province there is 1 point including: A Doi - Tan Du.
The Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee proposed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs discuss with the Lao side to amend and supplement the Agreement on the Regulations on Border Management and Land Border Gates between Vietnam and Laos in 2016 and fully regulate the types of border gates and border openings.
At the same time, it is proposed to soon have a supplementary agreement "Border residents are allowed to use identification papers, certificates or citizen identification cards to enter and exit through the nearest Vietnam - Laos border gates to the opposite border area" (No regulations on the issuance of other types of documents to ensure continuity, reduce administrative procedures, save costs, create favorable conditions for residents on both sides of the border to visit relatives, promote trade, and develop the socio-economic development of the border area).
Propose that the National Border Committee request the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of National Defense to guide the implementation or decentralize to localities to decide on a number of related contents regarding the planning of the La Lay International Border Gate area.
Quang Tri province has completed the procedures for opening the A Roong - Xa Dun customs clearance at the Lao Bao - Densavan International Border Gate, to complete the procedures for reporting to the Government, and requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to consider using the results of the field survey by the Vietnam - Laos border expert team in August 2023 to complete the dossier and collect opinions from ministries and branches according to regulations. At the same time, interested ministries and branches should promptly provide opinions to report to the Government.
The Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested ministries and branches to pay attention and advise the Government to allocate funds to deploy investment, upgrade infrastructure, and modernize technical equipment to meet the opening and upgrading of border gates according to Decision No. 1201/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister.
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