This information was announced by Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence at a press conference on October 15.
The activities include welcome ceremonies, tree planting, a joint exercise on cross-border crime combat, gift hand-over, a cross-border marathon, free health check-ups and medicine distribution, and art performances. The two sides will also hold talks and sign cooperation documents.
The second Vietnam-Laos border defence friendship exchange is expected to help enhance the special relations of solidarity and friendship between the two countries.
As one of the key defence diplomacy events of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) this year, it is hoped that the exchange will contribute to maintaining peace, stability, and development in the region and the world, said Colonel Tong Van Thanh, deputy head of the Department of Information and Training at the VPA’s General Department of Politics, who will chair the event.
It will also help reinforce political trust, build and foster friendship and special solidarity, and promote practical cooperation between Vietnamese and Lao border guards as well as local authorities and border residents, thus helping to build a border of peace, friendship, stability, cooperation, and development, he said.
Colonel Vongxay Inthakham, Defence Attaché of Laos to Vietnam, said the exchange offers a chance for the people of the two countries to raise their awareness of national defence and the contributions of armies towards stability and development in the border area.
