Present at the event were Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Chairwoman of the National Assembly; Truong Thi Mai, Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Mass Mobilization; Vo Van Thuong, Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Information and Communications; General Ngo Xuan Lich, Defense Minister; Senior Lieutenant General To Lam, Public Security Minister; Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and Deputy Defense Minister; Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Trong Nghia, Deputy Director of the VPA’s General Department of Politics, among others.
The event, co-organized by the Vietnam Border Guard and Vietnam Television (VTV) in celebration of the 60th traditional anniversary of the force and 30th anniversary of the whole-people's border day, was broadcast live on VTV1 and other local TV channels. It gathered representatives of border guard forces of six countries, namely the host Vietnam, China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar.
Delivering her speech, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan spoke highly of the Central Military Commission and Defense Ministry in directing and instructing the Vietnam Border Guard to promote external affairs in border areas to foster relations between Vietnam and its neighboring countries.
She hoped that border guard forces in the Greater Mekong Sub-region will further team up together in order to ensure peace, friendship and development among countries in the sub-region.
Via talks shared by the guests who are head of the participating countries’ border guard forces, documentaries, and artistic performances by artists from Vietnam, China, Laos and Cambodia, the exchange program successfully highlighted the close relationship, solidarity, friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between the border guard force and people of Vietnam and their counterparts in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.
PANO would like to introduce some photos of the meaningful event:
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National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan addressing the meeting |
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A chorus marking the opening scene of the event |
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Performances by artists from China, Laos and Cambodia |
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Guests at the talks during the exchange program |
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National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and other delegates congratulating the success of the event |
Translated by Van Hieu