Ceremony to mark Vietnam-Laos border marker project

Hanoi, March 15 (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong will chair a ceremony on March 16 to mark the completion of a project on increasing and upgrading border markers along the two countries’ shared boundary. The Foreign Ministry announced the plan on March 13. Vietnam and Laos share a border of about 2,340 km that runs across 10 Vietnamese provinces: Dien Bien, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam and Kon Tum. The line also passes by 10 Lao provinces: Phongsaly, Luang Prabang, Houaphan, Bolykhamsay, Khammoune, Savannakhet, Salavan, Xiengkhouang, Sepon and Attapeu.