Var Kim Hong, second from left. HANOI, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos have inked an agreement on their triple border meeting point, paving the way for the three countries to further cooperate for mutual development and practical benefits, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Wednesday.
Following the agreement signed in Hanoi capital on Tuesday, the three countries should continue to work on affairs pertaining to the defining of Vietnam-Cambodia land border and to strengthen the system of Vietnam-Laos border markers, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said when receiving Cambodian Senior Minister in charge of Border Affairs of the Council of Ministers Var Kim Hong, and Lao Deputy Foreign Minister Phongsavat Bupha.
Dung also said the three countries should work together to build border peace, friendship, cooperation and development to serve the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Triangle Development Program.
The Cambodian minister stated his country would reinforce cooperation with Vietnam on border demarcation and the planting of border markers. He said he expected at least 100 border markers to be placed on the two countries' border this year, and the planting of all border markers to be completed by 2012.
The Lao deputy foreign minister affirmed his country would push for the planting of border markers on the two countries' border to help bolster trade, tourism and exchange activities between people living a long the border.
Under the tri-junction point agreement signed by Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Dung, Var Kim Hong and Phongsavat Bupha, the point is defined as being on a mountain peak which is 1,086 meters above sea level where Vietnam's Kon Tum province, Laos' Attapu province, and Cambodia's Rattanakiri province meet.
Editor: Lin Liyu
Following the agreement signed in Hanoi capital on Tuesday, the three countries should continue to work on affairs pertaining to the defining of Vietnam-Cambodia land border and to strengthen the system of Vietnam-Laos border markers, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said when receiving Cambodian Senior Minister in charge of Border Affairs of the Council of Ministers Var Kim Hong, and Lao Deputy Foreign Minister Phongsavat Bupha.
Dung also said the three countries should work together to build border peace, friendship, cooperation and development to serve the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Triangle Development Program.
The Cambodian minister stated his country would reinforce cooperation with Vietnam on border demarcation and the planting of border markers. He said he expected at least 100 border markers to be placed on the two countries' border this year, and the planting of all border markers to be completed by 2012.
The Lao deputy foreign minister affirmed his country would push for the planting of border markers on the two countries' border to help bolster trade, tourism and exchange activities between people living a long the border.
Under the tri-junction point agreement signed by Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Dung, Var Kim Hong and Phongsavat Bupha, the point is defined as being on a mountain peak which is 1,086 meters above sea level where Vietnam's Kon Tum province, Laos' Attapu province, and Cambodia's Rattanakiri province meet.
Editor: Lin Liyu
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