Vietnam, Laos sign MoU on 2015 border management

Vietnam and Laos formalised measures to improve border management this year though the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Vientiane.
Vietnam and Laos formalised measures to improve border managementthis year though the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) inVientiane.

The MoU was signed after the 24thannual meeting from February 10-12 between a delegation of the ForeignMinistry’s National Boundary Commission, led by Deputy Foreign MinisterHo Xuan Son, and its Lao counterpart led by Deputy Minister of ForeignAffairs-cum-Head of the Laos-Vietnam Border Committee SaleumxayKommasith.

Both sides evaluated their coordinationin border area management, especially the implementation of theVietnam-Laos Agreement on National Border Regulations and agovernment-level agreement on solving unplanned migration issues andunregistered marriages.

The agenda also includeddiscussing socio-economic development in border areas and other specificissues as agreed upon at the 23rd meeting.

They agreed that the stable social order in border areas over the pastyears has facilitated strong socio-economic development and ensured thesecurity of both countries.

The same day, the Vietnamese delegation was hosted by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith.

Sisoulith said he looks forward to celebrating the success of aproject to increase and upgrade border markers as a part of festivitiesbetween the two nations this year.-VNA

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