Deputy Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San and his Lao counterpart Lieutenant General Vongkham Phommakone have agreed on the need for the two Ministries of National Defence to continue their comprehensive cooperation in the time ahead.

Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Doan Anh on July 20 received a delegation from the Information Department under the General Staff of the Lao People's Army (LPA), led by its Director Col. Souban Phanthavi.

Vietnam’s northern provinces of Cao Bang and Ha Giang, and Baise city in China’s Guangxi province will continue to strictly implement three legal documents on the land border between the two countries and step up communication activities to raise public awareness so as to prevent cross-border crimes.

Launched in the middle of May, the use of QR codes to manage individuals who frequently traverse Chi Ma border gate in the northern province of Lang Son has been proved effective in ensuring order, security and activities at the border gate.

The People’s Committee of the Central Highland province of Kon Tum on July 13 held talks with a working team on border affairs from Attapeu province, Laos, during which the two sides proposed to upgrade the pair of Dak Long (Vietnam) - Vang Tat (Laos) auxiliary border gates to main ones.

Border guards of the northern province of Cao Bang have caught red-handed a man arranging illegal entry into Vietnam for four Chinese nationals.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is collecting opinions on amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 14/2018/ND-CP detailing border trade activities in order to speed up the shift to official export.

Border guard units from the northern Vietnamese province of Dien Bien and the Chinese province of Yunnan carried out a joint patrol on July 7 to promote coordination in border management and protection, maintaining security and order in border areas.

The Government recently issued Decree 46/2023/ND-CP regulating the supply and use of cross-border insurance services in Vietnam.

Vietnam and Cambodia have always closely cooperation in border management and protection, security and order maintenance, and crime combat in the border area, Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on July 3.