February 27, 2021 | 19:47 (GMT+7)
Vietnam, China boost cooperation in preventing illegal border crossings
PANO – The Lao Cai provincial Border Guard Command, together with the Hong He and Yun Shan Border Management Teams, and the He Kou Immigration Border Inspection Post (Yunnan province, China) implemented a joint patrol to check law observance and COVID-19 prevention and control along their managed section of the shared Vietnam- China borderline.
At the demarcation line at the Lao Cai International Border Gate, Senior Colonel Tran Viet Huynh, Deputy Commander of the Lao Cai provincial Border Guard Command and Nie Faquan, head of the Chinese side, discussed some contents related to the patrol.
The two sides agreed to promote patrol to manage law observance along the borderline while preventing illegal border crossings, fighting smuggling and trade fraud as well as controlling the COVID-19 pandemic.
This patrol was chaired by the Chinese side. During the event, the two sides distributed 500 leaflets to disseminate information about border laws and pandemic prevention and control.
Concluding the patrol, the two sides reviewed the work and signed the records of their joint activities.
In the coming time, they will boost cooperation in preventing and controlling crimes in border areas so as to manage illegal border crossings and curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Baobienphong
Translated by Song Anh