Women’s Unions of Quang Nam, Laos’ Sekong foster cooperation
Representatives of the Women’s Unions of the central province of Quang Nam and Laos’ Sekong province held talks in Quang Nam on August 14 to discuss measures to foster cooperation in women movements.
Quang Nam (VNA) – Representatives of the Women’s Unions of the central province of QuangNam and Laos’ Sekong province held talks in Quang Nam on August 14 to discussmeasures to foster cooperation in women movements.
The two sides briefedeach other on operations and development of each union.
Under theircooperation in the 2016-2018 period, the unions have made considerablecontributions to preserving and fostering the solidarity between people of thetwo localities.
The agreement focuseson encouraging members of the unions and women along the border to strictlyimplement the treaty on border regulations between Vietnam and Laos, not toconduct free migration and undocumented marriage, and actively join hands insafeguarding national sovereignty and border security.
The Women’s Unions ofQuang Nam and Sekong have worked together to build houses for poor women ofSekong, while presenting laptops and scholarships to Lao students studying inQuang Nam University with good academic performance.
The two sides alsoshared experience in launching and developing women’s movements, especiallythose in strengthening the union, economic development, poverty reduction, andbuilding happy families.
The two unions agreedto continue implementing the contents in their cooperation agreement, while focusingon promoting communications to call on locals and women along the Vietnam-Laosborder to abide by the treaty on border regulations between the two countries.
The Women’s Union of QuangNam will continue building houses for poor women in Sekong and offering scholarshipsto Lao students in Quang Nam.-VNA
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Overview of the talks (Photo: VNA) 
