Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong praised the achievements that border guards have achieved so far as the major force in protecting the national sovereignty and border security.
The Border Guard High Command has signed a cooperation programme with the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association (VCFA) on promoting friendship with Cambodia.
Ministries, agencies and localities should be on the highest alert for typhoon Aere, the sixth to hit Vietnam so far this year, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.
The Border Guard High Command of the central province of Quang Tri on June 20 captured three Lao people who were trafficking 4,000 drug pills to Vietnam.
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Border Guard High Command signed an agreement on December 18 to strengthen communications cooperation for national sovereignty and border security.