Lang Son province has aborderline of 231.7km in 21 communes bordering China’s Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region.
Since 2010, local border guards,militia and public security forces have conducted over 10,300 patrols with morethan 56,600 turns of officers, soldiers and 4,200 residents in border communes takingpart.
Lang Son and Chinese borderguards held 17 joint patrols along a border section of 95.43km.
The province has well conductedexternal affairs with Guangxi, strengthened people-to-people diplomacy inborder areas, seriously implemented legal documents on the Vietnam – Chinamainland border, and promptly discovered and dealt with violations, thus firmlysafeguarding Vietnam’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Speaking at the event, PermanentVice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincialPeople’s Council Hoang Van Nghiem asked party committees, administrations, departmentsand agencies at all levels, especially border districts and communes toseriously follow the Party Central Committee’s resolutions on national borderprotection strategy, abide by three legal agreements on the Vietnam – Chinamainland border, the Law on National Borders and relevant laws.
They were required to effectivelyfight cross-border crime, facilitate export-import and immigration activities, improvethe material and spiritual lives in border areas, towards having not any poorhousehold in communes.
At the same time, the provincewill intensify friendship with Guangxi and effectively tap existing bilateralcooperation mechanisms.
On the occasion, Nghiem presentedcertificates of merit to 21 collectives and 17 individuals in recognition oftheir contributions to border demarcation and marker planting and theimplementation of the three legal agreements./.