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Growing solidarity, friendship on borders of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia

The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and three provinces of Laos and Cambodian do not only share boundaries with each other along edges of the Annamese Mountains but also boast growing bonds in recent years.
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Kon Tum (VNA) – The Central Highlandsprovince of Kon Tum and three provinces of Laos and Cambodia do not only shareboundaries with each other along edges of the Annamese Mountains but also boastgrowing bonds in recent years.

Life of locals in Kon Tum, Attapeu and Sekong of Laos andRatanakiri of Cambodia are becoming better and better thanks to their greatersolidarity, friendship and a variety of joint activities. Over the last fiveyears, Kon Tum has helped its neighbour provinces build schools, hospitals andother social projects.

Kon Tum has supported Sekong to improve the life of thepeople in the Lao province while Sekong’s Department of Education and Sportshas provided training and education for thee governmental workers and 26students from Kon Tum, said Governor of Sekong Khamphoi Butdavieng.

Twinning relations have been set up between Dak Ungvillage in Dak Nhoong commune, Dak Glei district of Kon Tum and Brongnoi andSekamang villages, Dak Chung district of Sekong as well as Dak Glei and DakChung districts, further enriching the friendship between the two provinces,the governor noted.

Kon Tum has given shelters for 300 Lao people from 61families to settle and live in Dak Ba village, Dak Duc commune, Ngoc Hoidistrict since 2012.

Kon Tum and Sekong have cooperated in security anddefence affairs and carried out joint operations to supervise their sharedborder. The Vietnamese province has provided free medical checkups andmedicines for needy people and presented scholarships for disadvantagedstudents in Sekong. They have also worked together in census and dealing withunplanned migration in respect of the two countries’ policies and laws.

Meanwhile, Vietnamese investors have been facilitated todo business in Lao and Cambodian provinces. Three firms from Kon Tum havegained permits for four investment projects in Cambodia’s northeasternlocalities with a total registered capital of more than 1.03 trillion VND (44.1million USD) whereas two others are operating two investment and joint ventureprojects, worth about 747 billion VND (32 million USD), in southern Laoprovinces.

In addition, Kon Tum has received enthusiastic supportfrom the three Lao and Cambodian provinces to search for and repatriate remainsof Vietnamese volunteer soldiers killed in duty during the wars. Thanks to thesupport, remains of 1,259 soldiers, of which 872 were found in Laos and therest in Cambodia, have been returned to Vietnam.

The cooperation has contributed greatly to preserving andpromoting the long-standing solidarity and friendship between Vietnam, Laos andCambodia, said Chairman of the Kon Tum People’s Committee Nguyen Van Hoa. It issuch priceless asset that today’s generation must treasure and protect to builda border of peace, cooperation and prosperity, he added. –VNA 
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