Participants to the workshop were provided with an overview of theVietnam - Laos border as well as the objective, significance andactivities regarding the planting and upgrading of national bordermarkers within the province’s area.
Dien Bien shares a 360-kmborderline with Phongsaly and Luang Prabang provinces of Laos . Since2008, the three provinces have been carrying out a project to upgrade21 existing border markers and build an additional 135 markers.
To complete the project by 2014, the provincial Party Committee’s Boardfor Popularisation and Information asked ideological-cultural and pressagencies to step up the dissemination of information about the projectin order to receive more support and active participation of localauthorities, officials, Party members and ethnic people./.