Ceremony to mark Vietnam-Laos border marker project
The Vietnamese and Lao Prime Ministers will chair a ceremony on March 16 to mark the completion of a project on increasing and upgrading border markers along the the two countries’ shared boundary.
Soldiers of the Muong Lan border guard post in Son La province and local militia stands in front of a border marker (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong will chair a ceremony on March 16 to mark the completion of a project on increasing and upgrading border markers along the two countries’ shared boundary.
The Foreign Ministry announced the plan on March 13.
Vietnam and Laos share a border of about 2,340 km that runs across 10 Vietnamese provinces: Dien Bien, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Kon Tum.
The line also passes by 10 Lao provinces: Phongsaly, Luang Prabang, Houaphan, Bolykhamsay, Khammoune, Savannakhet, Salavan, Xiengkhouang, Sepon and Attapeu.-VNA