Vietnamese, Cambodian provinces work to build shared border of peace, friendship

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Kien Giang province and the Committee of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland of Kampot province on November 16 organsied a conference to review the one-year implementation of the emulation plan to build a shared border of peace, friendship, cooperation and development in the 2023-2025 period.
Vietnamese, Cambodian provinces work to build shared border of peace, friendship ảnh 1Leaders of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Kien Giang province and the Committee of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland of Kampot province at the conference. (Photo: baokiengiang.vn) 

Kien Giang (VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Kien Giang province and the Committee of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodian Motherland of Kampot province on November 16 organsied a conference to review the one-year implementation of the emulation plan to build a shared border of peace, friendship, cooperation and development in the 2023-2025 period.

Speakingat the event, Chairwoman of the Kien Giang provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front CommitteeLe Thi Ve said over the past year, front leaders of Kien Giang and Kampot provinces have wellimplemented the signed contents and promoted the communication work for people to joinhands to build a shared border of peace, friendship, cooperation and mutual development.

She acknowledgedthat the two units have coordinated with sectors of both sides to expand people-to-people exchanges, organised delegations to visit and congratulate each otherduring special occasions such as festivals and traditional New Year festivals, detected andprevented cross-border smuggling and sabotage activities that aim to divide thetraditional ties between the their people.

Ve saidthat people’s awareness of building a shared border of peace and friendship as well as their sense of law observance have been enhanced, particularly people who are livingalong the shared border while cooperation in the fields ofeconomy, tourism, culture, education and heath care have also been strengthened.

Competent sectors of Kien Giang and Kampot provinces have coordinated to create favourable conditions for the border demarcation and marker planting work to achieve good results. During the dry seasonof 2022 - 2023, Team K92 of Kien Giangprovince gathered and repatriated six sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteersoldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Kampot province duringwartime.

Onthis occasion, the two front committees agreed to continue to carry out the communication work to help people of both sides to have a better understanding about the significance of building a shared border of peace and friendship; increase meetings and informationexchanges; actively prevent and promptly handle incidentsoccurring in border areas while creating favourable conditions for border demarcation andmarker construction activities./.

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