During the patrol, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Pham Van Hiep, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Dien Bien Border Guard Command, and Lieutenant Colonel Lin Wei, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Mengzi Border Guard Region, agreed on the methods for conducting the bilateral patrol. They also reviewed the outcomes of recent cooperation in managing and protecting the shared border and discussed directions for future coordination efforts.

Specifically, the two sides conducted a joint patrol from Border Marker No. 3 to Border Marker No. 1 along the Vietnam–China land border, covering a distance of 3.2 kilometres.

This work revealed that the border line and markers remain intact, with no signs of violations or incidents breaching the border regulations.

At the end of the patrol, they held a meeting to review its results and agreed to continue maintaining regular communication through letters and a hotline. They also pledged to strengthen coordination in managing and protecting the border, as well as in preventing and combating crimes.

The two parties committed to enhancing the bilateral patrol regime to promptly detect and prevent legal violations, especially illegal border crossings, human trafficking, smuggling, and other criminal activities, and to jointly maintain safety and stability in the border area.

Vietnamese, Chinese provinces hold joint border patrol

Border guards stationed in Vietnam’s northern province of Dien Bien coordinated with their counterpart in China’s Yunnan province held a joint patrol along the shared border on January 12.