In recent years, border guard control stations under the Son La Provincial Border Guard Command have stepped up border defence diplomacy and organised twinning agreements with armed forces units of Laos. These activities have helped strengthen coordination in border management and protection while maintaining security and order along the shared Viet Nam-Laos border.

Four border guard stations under the Border Guard Command of Lao Cai Province (Viet Nam) held talks with China’s Hekou Entry-Exit Inspection Station on July 10 in Hekou County, Yunnan Province, China, aiming to strengthen cooperation in border management and facilitate cross-border customs clearance.

Party Central Committee Secretary and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, together with a working delegation, visited officers and soldiers of the Duong Dong Port Border Guard Command under the An Giang Border Guard on May 16 as part of her working visit to the Phu Quoc Special Zone in An Giang Province.

Border guard forces from the northern province of Lang Son and China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region held talks in Lang Son on December 30 to review and assess outcomes of coordination in border management and protection, border gate control and crime prevention in 2025.

In building people-based defences and all-people border security, the Thanh Hoa Border Guard has mobilised resources to establish and expand the “Bright Border Villages” model.