Border protection mission tasked to southwest localities
Firmly safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the southwest region is among key missions tasked to regional localities at a meeting on the Vietnam-Cambodia border security & defence
Vietnamese soldiers patrol along Vietnam-Cambodia shared border. (Photo: VNA)
Firmly safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the southwest region is among key missions tasked to regional localities at a meeting on the Vietnam-Cambodia border security and defence on September 15.
At the event in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, Head of the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region’s security-defence department Nguyen Doan Ket said regional localities, especially those bordering Cambodia, must keep a close watch over the border situation and devise plans to respond to emerging incidents.
They also have to enhance protection of the national borderline, border demarcation and marker planting based on legal documents signed between Vietnam and Cambodia while ensuring security, order and friendship in border communities, he added.
Local authorities, sectors and armed forces were requested to continue strengthening external relations, particularly between the two countries’ military and border guard forces as well as people.
Communication activities should be stepped up to raise border community awareness of hostile forces or sabotage schemes towards encouraging support for border demarcation, marker planting and border-related matter settlements.
Vietnam and Cambodia share a 1,137-kilometre border with 10 Vietnamese provinces neighbouring nine Cambodian provinces. The Vietnamese side comprises Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Long An, Dong Thap, An Giang and Kien Giang.
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Vietnamese soldiers patrol along Vietnam-Cambodia shared border. (Photo: VNA)
