A nationwide charity programme to support children with disabilities in ten border provinces was launched in Hanoi on May 31.

Border provinces of Vietnam and China should continue close coordination and enhance trade promotion between the two sides, stressed the recent talks between the management boards of the economic zone of the northern province of Ha Giang and the Malypo border economic cooperation zone of China’s Yunnan province.

A delegation of Border Guard Commands of Vietnam’s four provinces of Cao Bang, Quang Ninh, Lang Son and Ha Giang, and representatives from the Guangxi General Station of Immigration Inspection of China held talks in Cao Bang on November 20.

Vietnamese and Cambodian ministries, agencies and localities will coordinate in building and perfecting legal frameworks and cooperation mechanisms to facilitate collaboration between border provinces, as agreed at a conference in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh on April 25.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Cambodian Ministry of Interior reviewed the results of their 2022 cooperation plan and signed a new one for this year at a conference in Hanoi on March 4.

The Vietnamese border provinces of Cao Bang, Lang Son, Ha Giang and Quang Ninh, and the Education Department of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, held a video conference on education and vocational training cooperation on September 23.

Border provinces of Vietnam and China on August 5 agreed to further step up cooperation in verifying and returning illegal migrants during their talks held at Quang Ninh’s Mong Cai International Border Gate.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 9 held an urgent video conference with the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, relevant ministries and agencies, and six provinces along the southwestern border, focusing on how to respond to the latest COVID-19 resurgence in the country.

Provinces and cities across Vietnam, especially border areas, are stepping up their COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

Vietnamese and Cambodian border provinces convened the second judicial conference in Siem Reap city in Cambodia on December 4.

The Vietnam-Laos Special Friendship Festival 2019 opened in the central province of Nghe An on November 15.

A total of 200 young journalists, youths and students from Vietnamese and Cambodian border provinces will gather at an exchange programme in Ho Chi Minh City and the southwestern border province of Tay Ninh from November 5-8.

As many as 399 districts across Vietnam have been identified as high risk areas for the outbreak of bird flu while another 314 districts are at low risk, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The Secretaries of the Communist Party of Vietnam Committees of four Vietnamese northern border provinces of Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Cao Bang and Ha Giang, and the Communist Party of China Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region held talks in Lang Son on March 22 as part of their New Year Meeting 2019.

Vietnam’s agricultural and aquatic exports to China are likely to face higher quality requirements and stronger competition from other ASEAN exporters although China’s demand for these goods is still on the rise, heard a meeting on August 18.

A music gala titled Huong Ve Bien Gioi, Bien, Dao To Quoc (Towards the Country’s Borders, Seas and Islands) will be held on August 2 in Ho Chi Minh City to raise funds for soldiers and others living in border areas and islands.

A meeting was held in the central city of Da Nang on December 8 to review the outcomes of a drug crime communication and crackdown campaign along Vietnam-China border.

A ceremony was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho city on June 20 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Cambodia diplomatic ties (June 24, 1967).

Active coordination and the maintenance of regular and irregular meetings have allowed border localities of Vietnam and Cambodia to deploy reached agreements efficiently.

The fourth court conference of border provinces of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia is taking place in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa from December 20-21.