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Quang Nam, Laos’ Sekong province to deal with irregular migration

Leaders of Quang Nam province and the Lao province of Sekong will meet in the second quarter to discuss specific cases of irregular migrants and undocumented marriage along the shared border.
Quang Nam (VNA) – Leaders of the central province of Quang Nam and the Lao neighbouringprovince of Sekong will meet in the second quarter of this year to discussspecific cases of irregular migrants and undocumented marriage along the shared border.

The information wasreleased during a meeting in Quang Nam on April 19 between a supervision teamof the National Assembly’ Committee for External Affairs led by Nguyen Van Giauand Quang Nam authorities on the outcomes of the agreement between thegovernments of Vietnam and Laos on the settlement of irregular migration andundocumented marriage along the shared border, particularly the section between the twoprovinces.

Quang Nam has the two borderdistricts of Tay Giang and Nam Giang, as well as the Nam Giang - Dak-Ta-Toocand Tay Giang - Ka Lum border gates.

According to Directorof the provincial Department of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thanh Hong, eight irregular Lao migrants are living in Quang Nam, along with 15 undocumented marriage cases ofLao people.

Meanwhile, there arethree Vietnamese households and 21 undocumented marriages in Sekong.

In the upcomingmeeting, leaders of the two localities will made decisions on each cases inline with the agreement between the two countries’ governments in the field.

Chairman of theNational Assembly’ Committee for External Affairs Nguyen Van Giau said that inthe coming time, Quang Nam should coordinate closely with Sekong in coping witharising problems during the implementation of the agreement.

He also asked theborder districts of the province to strengthen communications on law among thecommunity to end irregular migration and undocumented marriage.

Over the past years,Quang Nam have delivered 2,000 Vietnamese-Lao bilingual handbooks to locals toupdate them on laws related to nationality, citizen status, migration andmarriage along the border.-VNA
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