Dien Bien province’s delegation was headed by Colonel Pham Hong Giang, Second-in-Command Officer of the Provincial Border Guard Command and Deputy Head of the Working Sub-committee for Dien Bien Province's Border Gates. 

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An overview of the talks (Photo: VNA)

Yunnan province’s delegation, led by Majun, Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Commerce and Head of the Office of Yunnan Province's Border Gates, together with representatives of Pu'er City (Jiangcheng District, Yunnan province) joined the talks.

The talks was also attended by the leadership of the Muong Nhe district People's Committee and A Pa Chai Border Post.

During the event, both delegations exchanged views on directions, potentials, and mutual concerns regarding the development of the border gate area. They also signed the minutes on the upgrade of the A Pa Chai - Longfu border crossing to a border gate.

Following the talks, the two delegations conducted a survey in the area of Border Marker 3 along the Vietnam-China shared borderline, to assess the actual situation and to jointly report to higher authorities effective solutions for the smooth upgrade of the border crossing to a bilateral border gate.

Translated by Trung Thanh