The Quang Chieu frontier post under the Border Guard Command of the central province of Thanh Hoa and Company 215 under the Military Command of the Lao province of Houaphan established a twinning relationship on December 17.

The event is part of activities to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the Vietnamese People’s Army (VPA) and the 25th anniversary of the All People” National Defence Festival (December 22).

From now on, the two sides will work together in fostering the traditional friendship, protecting the common borderline, and preventing cross-border crimes.

Joint border patrols will be conducted every three months and whenever an emergency situation calls for, with the two sides to inform each other at least 7 days in advance.

They also agreed to hold quarterly meetings to review the border protection and management work with a view to timely dealing with emerging problems.-VNA