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Border guard forces of Vietnam, China, Laos meet to boost coordination

The border guard forces of Vietnam, China, and Laos met at the countries’ border T-junction on May 22 to discuss border management and defence measures and launch a week-long joint border management programme.
Border guard forces of Vietnam, China, Laos meet to boost coordination ảnh 1The border guard forces of Vietnam, China, and Laos prepare to salute the border marker at the countries' border T-junction on May 22 (Photo: VNA)
Dien Bien (VNA) – Theborder guard forces of Vietnam, China, and Laos met at the countries’ borderT-junction on May 22 to discuss border management and defence measures andlaunch a week-long joint border management programme.

The event was attended byrepresentatives from the A Pa Chai border guard post of Vietnam’s northwesternprovince of Dien Bien, the Jiangcheng border management company of China’sYunnan province, and the border guard unit at Yot Ou district of Laos’Phongsaly province.

In the recent past, thecountries’ border defence forces have conducted regular and unscheduled jointpatrols to examine the borderlines, border markers, and cross-border trails. Theyagreed to increase sharing information about the crime situation in borderareas so as to help strengthen the fight against trans-national crimes andimprove border management.

Border guard forces of Vietnam, China, Laos meet to boost coordination ảnh 2The border guard officers of Vietnam and China discuss the border management and defence on May 22 (Photo: VNA)
At the meeting, the forceslaunched a joint border management programme that will last through May 28,during which they will carry out activities to safeguard security and order intheir respective countries’ border areas and support one another inguaranteeing security and order on important occasions.

They also looked into thecoordination in preventing illegal border crossings, receiving and returningcitizens, and exchanging information about pandemic prevention and control.

Dien Bien province sharesmore than 455km of borderlines with China and Laos./.
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