Authorities of Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri and Salavan province of Laos on Sept. 3 began construction of a border marker called grand marker 635 on their shared border.

Marker 635 will lie at the La Lay National Border Gate in La Lay village, A Ngo commune, Dakrong district, in Quang Tri province. The construction is expected to be completed on November 2.

From 2008 to now, Quang Tri has completed the installation of 22 out of 62 border markers on its border shared with Laos ’ Salavan and Savannakhet provinces.

It plans to install an additional 14 national markers on its border with Lao localities from now to the end of this year.

As planned, Quang Tri will complete the plantation of two grand markers, 26 medium-sized markers and 34 small-sized ones along the 206km it shares with Salavan and Savannakhet provinces./.