The Chairmen of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee for Border Demarcation and Marker Planting met in Siem Riep , Cambodia , on June 8-9 to discuss measures to speed up the progress of land border demarcation and market planting.

The Vietnamese delegation to the meeting was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son, chairman of the Vietnam-Cambodia joint border committee; and the Cambodian delegation was headed by Senior Minister Var Kim Hong, chairman of the Cambodia-Vietnam border committee.

In an atmosphere of friendship and mutual understanding, the two sides discussed ways of addressing important marker positions along the Vietnam-Cambodia land border and reviewed the implementation of agreements previously reached by the two countries at the third session of the joint committee in Ho Chi Minh City in March this year.

They proposed measures to accelerate the pace of demarcation and marker planting work, including Vietnam ’s plan to train cartographers for Cambodia .

The two sides agreed to ensure the complementation of border management regulations and maintain stability in border areas during border demarcation and market planting.

Prior to the chairmen’s meeting, the 8 th session of the Joint Technical Working Group and the 10 th session of the committee’s mapping group took place in Phnom Penh between June 1-6.