First pair of landmarks inaugurated on Vietnam-Laos border

Da Nang (VNA) - The first pair of landmarks 605 was inaugurated on Sept. 5 at the Lao Bao-Densavane international border gate in central Quang Tri province and Laos ' Savanakhet province on the occasion of the 46 th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties.

The pair of landmarks is the first of its kind built under the project on
increasing and embellishing Vietnam-Laos national landmarks.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister Pham Gia Khiem affirmed the significance of the inauguration of the
first pair of landmarks on the Vietnam-Laos border and the East-West
economic corridor in Lao Bao and Densavane economic areas.

The event reflected the determination of the two countries' leaders and
people to build the Vietnam-Laos borderline into the border of peace,
friendship, cooperation, stability and sustainable development, the Deputy
PM said.

Khiem also proposed the National Border Committee, the Vietnam-Laos Joint
Committee for Landmark Planting and the Vietnam and Lao Steering
Committees for local landmark planting to continue working closely to
fullfil the strategic and historical project for effective management and
protection of the borderline.

For his part, Lao Deputy PM and FM Thongloun Sisoulith said: "The joint
coordination in a project to add and upgrade border landmarks between
Vietnam and Laos is a historical event which opens a new era in the two
countries' relationship."

The completion of the first pair of border landmarks under the project will
open a new opportunity for comprehensive cooperation between the two
Parties, States and peoples, said Lao Deputy PM.-