Dien Bien promotes cooperation with three northern provinces of Laos

The agreement spans nine key areas, including promoting cooperation in the areas of economy, investment, trade, construction, transportation, digital transformation and communications, agriculture - forestry, education - training, health care, culture, tourism, and social affairs.

Both sides will strengthen cooperation to ensure national defense, security, and judicial activities; and people-to-people diplomacy.

The agreement was signed during talks in Dien Bien province on December 25 between leaders of the four provinces.

Welcoming delegates from the three northern provinces of Laos to the talks, Tran Quoc Cuong, secretary of the Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee, affirmed that the meeting helped strengthen the friendly relations and close cooperation, contributing to nurturing the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the two Parties and states of Vietnam and Laos.

He recalled that the parties have effectively implemented the 2022-2024 agreement, by regularly exchanging information and updates on the situation; showing interest in important political and social affairs events of each party; and facilitating cooperation in various fields.

The parties have held regular dialogues and shared experiences in Party building, national defense-security and judicial activities, economic development, cultural- and people-to-people exchanges in the border areas. They have also supported each other through providing training and capacity-building skills for officials and armed forces.

Sharing the views, the leaders of the three Lao provinces all affirmed that the results achieved in the past three years have contributed significantly to the overall success of each province in economic development, ensuring national defense and security, and maintaining a stable and peaceful border between the two sides.