Vietnamese, Cambodian border provinces boost cooperation

The Moc Bai Border-gate.

Leaders of the Vietnamese border provinces of Tay Ninh and Long An and the Cambodian province of Svay Rieng have held a working session to review their joint collaboration programme on border protection.

At a meeting in Svay Rieng province this week, they shared the view that their joint programme has brought positive results, helping to maintain peace, stability and development along their common borderline.

They said that their relevant forces have worked closely to ensure border security, facilitating the exchange of trade, visits by relatives and tourism services while efficiently detecting and preventing cross-border crime, smuggling and the spread of infectious diseases.

In another development, during a working session in Phnom Penh on April 28 between Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Sok An and a Vietnamese delegation of the Interior Ministry, the two countries reached an agreement, under which Vietnam will help Cambodia build an information archive and a human resource training institute.