Laos and Vietnam celebrated the first achievement of an additional border demarcation project on Friday at the Dansavan-Laobao immigration checkpoint between Savannakhet province in Laos and Quang Tri province in Vietnam . See pictures of ceremony: http://www.flickr.com/photos/densavanh
The first two markers installed are part of the project's 826 additional border markers the two nations are scheduled to install by 2014, in a bid to more obviously define the border between the two nations. An official ceremony was held at the Dansavan-Laobao border checkpoint to mark the installation of the first two markers. The ceremony was opened by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Thongloun Sisoulith and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Gia Khiem and was attended by high-ranking officials from both countries. The event was held to coincide with the 46 th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Laos and Vietnam. Laos shares a 2,067-km border with Vietnam. The north-south border is the longest border Laos shares with any of its neighbours. Border survey and demarcation with Vietnam started in 1977 and was basically completed in 1986 with the installation of 214 markers. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
