The central province of
Nghe An and its bordering Lao provinces are striving to push ahead the
movement “twinned border hamlets”.
This is a very
important issue, which was carried out for the first time and in line
with a policy on people-to-people relations of the Communist Party of
Vietnam Central Committee’s Secretariat.
Nghe An and
the Lao provinces of Xieng Khouang, Houa Phan and Bolikhamxay are
promoting the plan to twin border hamlets among their residents.
In the short term, each district will select a hamlet for a pilot
twinning project scheduled to take place on April 30. With experiences
drawn from the project, other hamlets will be twinned later.
The purpose of the project is to better protect the two sides’ common
borderline, ensure security and social order in border areas, fight
epidemics and mitigate disasters, as well as boost bilateral economic,
cultural and sports relations.
Nghe An shares a 419.5km borderline with the three Lao provinces. -VNA