PANO - The Military Zone (MZ) 4 Command and army units of the Lao People’s Army stationed along the border with the zone jointly held a conference in Laos’ Khammouane province to strengthen cooperation for 2014-2015.

The two sides signing the minutes of the conference. Photo: baonghean.vn

They highly appreciated their recent cooperation results, contributing to strengthening the traditional relations between the two sides’ peoples and armies.

Particularly, Military Zone 4 conducted over 100 joint patrols with Lao units, trained 150 Lao officers, and released nearly 40ha of land from post-war bombs and mines for land border demarcation and marker plantation projects.

Meanwhile, Lao units helped the search teams of Military Zone 4 collect and repatriate 575 sets of remains of Vietnamese military experts and volunteer soldiers who died while serving international obligation in Laos.

In the coming time, the two sides agreed to boost their cooperation to ensure social order, peace and development in their border areas.

Translated by Pham Huy