VOV.VN - Border forces operating in Dien Bien province have moved to strengthen patrols and border control amid the current cold spell in order to prevent illegal exit and entry to the country amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

VOV.VN - Border forces stationed in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have worked hard against the freezing cold to stop illegal entry into the country and hold the COVID-19 virus at bay in the community ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on January 5 called on the entire political system and people to tighten and follow COVID-19 prevention and control measures as the pandemic has still seen complicated developments in many countries globally with the appearance of new and more contagious strains of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Camera systems have been installed along the border line to monitor and detect the illegal trespassing amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Major General Le Quang Dao, Vice Commander and Chief of Staff of the Border Guard High Command, has revealed.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese man has been arrested for being in charge of arranging illegal border crossings for individuals attempting to enter the country by crossing the northern border with China, according to officials of the Chi Ma border gate in the northern province of Lang Son.

Minister of Public Security General To Lam suggested the Government apply measures to prevent people illegally returning to Vietnam given the complex development of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City on December 29 recorded another COVID-19 patient who is one of the six people illegally entering Vietnam from Myanmar.

VOV.VN - Local authorities in the nation’s southwestern region have swiftly implemented drastic measures aimed at tightly controlling people entering cities and provinces from places that have high infection rates of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in order to ensure pandemic prevention in border areas.

The Prime Minister has agreed to select eight key border gate economic zones to receive state budget for development in the 2021-2025 period.

A photo book on Vietnam’s war to defend its northern border in 1979 by photographer Tran Manh Thuong has recently been introduced to the public.